The reliability of a modified kalamazoo consensus statement checklist for assessing the communication skills of multidisciplinary clinicians in the simulated environment

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 411-418

  Peterson, Eleanor B ^a   Calhoun, Aaron W ^a   Rider, Elizabeth A ^b,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment tools; Communication assessment; Communication competency; Communication education; Communication skills; Kalamazoo consensus statement; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAP KALAMAZOO COMMUNICATION SKILLS ASSESSMENT FORM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KALAMAZOO CONSENSUS STATEMENT CHECKLIST; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONSENSUS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84906790157     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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