Teaching Interviewing Skills to Medical Students: The Issue of 'Countertransference.'.

Smith, Robert C.

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ERIC Number: EJ303029

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Publication Date: 1984

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Teaching Interviewing Skills to Medical Students: The Issue of 'Countertransference.'

Smith, Robert C.

Journal of Medical Education, v59 n7 p582-88 Jul 1984

A study revealed a very high incidence of unrecognized feelings toward the patient (countertransference) and potentially harmful associated behaviors in a group of medical students. Data suggest the need for instructors to teach medical students about the concept of countertransference. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Interviews, Medical Students, Physician Patient Relationship, Questioning Techniques

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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