Improving Communication Skills: A Course for Academic Medical Center Surgery Residents and Faculty

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e202-e211

  Raper, Steven E ^a   Gupta, Meera ^a   Okusanya, Olugbenga ^a   Morris, Jon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Key Words ACGME milestones; physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COURSE CONTENT; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STUDENT SATISFACTION; UNIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL;

COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84936972931     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2015.06.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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