ComOn Coaching: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of a varied number of coaching sessions on transfer into clinical practice following communication skills training

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Niglio de Figueiredo, Marcelo ^a   Rodolph, Bärbel ^b   Bylund, Carma L ^c,e   Goelz, Tanja ^a   Heußner, Pia ^d   Sattel, Heribert ^b   Fritzsche, Kurt ^a   Wuensch, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Coaching; Communication skills training; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMON COACHING CHECKLIST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; STAFF TRAINING; WORKSHOP; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ONCOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84935439371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1454-z     Document Type: Article

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