The educational value of improvisational actors to teach communication and relational skills: Perspectives of interprofessional learners, faculty, and actors

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-388

  Bell, Sigall K ^a,b   Pascucci, Robert ^b   Fancy, Kristina ^b   Coleman, Kelliann ^b   Zurakowski, David ^b   Meyer, Elaine C ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actors; Communication; Education; Interprofessional; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; NURSES; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84906791927     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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