Interpersonal Skills Training for Optometry Students: What Should Be Taught?.

Thompson, Briony M.; Lovie-Kitchin, Jan E.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Interpersonal Skills Training for Optometry Students: What Should Be Taught?

Thompson, Briony M.; Lovie-Kitchin, Jan E.

Journal of Optometric Education, v13 n3 p84-88 Win 1988

Research on professionals' interpersonal skills is reviewed as a basis for selecting material for inclusion in an optometry program. Specific recommendations are made about skills necessary for enhancing patient relationships, obtaining information from patients, and providing information to patients. (MSE)

Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, Information Seeking, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Optometry, Physician Patient Relationship, Professional Education, Questioning Techniques, Skill Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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