Teaching Communication Skills to First-Year Medical Students.

Quirk, Mark; Letendre, Andrew

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Publication Date: 1986

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Teaching Communication Skills to First-Year Medical Students.

Quirk, Mark; Letendre, Andrew

Journal of Medical Education, v61 n7 p603-05 Jul 1986

A course in communication skills for medical students at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is described. Three issues are examined: the effectiveness of behavioral scientists and physicians as course instructors, the value of videotaped role-playing exercises, and the value of trained actors and medical students as simulated patients. (MLW)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Interviews, Medical Students, Patients, Role Playing, Simulation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teaching Methods, Videotape Recordings

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