Teaching pediatric communication skills to medical students

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-43

  Frost, Katherine A ^a,b   Metcalf, Elizabeth P ^b   Brooks, Rachel ^b   Kinnersley, Paul ^b   Greenwood, Stephen R ^b   Powell, Colin V E ^a,b  

^a Noah s Ark Children s Hospital for Wales   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actors; Communication training; Pediatrics; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033803250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S68413     Document Type: Article

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