Integrating 360° behavior-orientated feedback in communication skills training for medical undergraduates: Concept, acceptance and students' self-ratings of communication competence

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Engerer, Cosima ^a   Berberat, Pascal O ^a   Dinkel, Andreas ^a   Rudolph, Baerbel ^a,b   Sattel, Heribert ^a   Wuensch, Alexander ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Private Clinic for Psychotherapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

360 feedback; Communication skills training; CST; Feed forward; Feedback; Medical education; Medical students; Training concept

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATMOSPHERE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FORMATIVE FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LEARNING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84992208889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0792-0     Document Type: Article

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