Goals of care conversation teaching in residency - a cross-sectional survey of postgraduate program directors

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-4

  Roze Des Ordons, Amanda ^a   Kassam, Aliya ^a   Simon, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSATION; HUMAN; MODEL; PERCEPTION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; STATISTICS; TEACHING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 85009971925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0839-2     Document Type: Article

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