'I wish someone watched me interview:' medical student insight into observation and feedback as a method for teaching communication skills during the clinical years

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Schopper, Heather ^a   Rosenbaum, Marcy ^a   Axelson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical teaching; Communication skills; Student perspectives; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84994496268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0813-z     Document Type: Article

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