Learning communication from erroneous video-based examples: A double-blind randomised controlled trial

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1203-1212

  Schmitz, Felix Michael ^a   Schnabel, Kai Philipp ^a   Stricker, Daniel ^a   Fischer, Martin Rudolf ^b   Guttormsen, Sissel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication skills learning; Elaborated feedback; Erroneous examples; Schemas; Scripts; Self explanation prompts; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 85011599051     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.01.016     Document Type: Article

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