Assessing communication skills of medical students in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) - A systematic review of rating scales

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Cömert, Musa ^a   Zill, Jördis Maria ^a   Christalle, Eva ^a   Dirmaier, Jörg ^a   Härter, Martin ^a   Scholl, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; EMBASE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDLINE; PSYCINFO; RATING SCALE; SOUND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL SKILLS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84977626438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152717     Document Type: Review

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