Advanced search
Publication Cover
Medical Teacher Volume 23, 2001 - Issue 4
Submit an article Journal homepage
231
Views
29
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Identifying undergraduate medical students' attitudes towards communication skills learning: a pilot study

C.E. Rees Behavioural Sciences Section, Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
&
P. Garrud Behavioural Sciences Section, Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, UK
Pages 400-406 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

  • BENBASSAT, J. (1996) Teaching the social sciences to undergraduate medical students, Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 32, pp. 217-221.
  • GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (1993) Tomorrow's Doctors. Recommendations on Undergraduate Medical Education (London, GMC).
  • GLASER, B.G. & STRAUSS, A.L. (1967) The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research (New York, Aldine de Gruyter).
  • HARGIE, O., DICKSON, D., BOOHAN, M. & HUGHES, K. (1998) A survey of communication skills training in UK Schools of Medicine: present practices and prospective proposals, Medical Education, 32, pp. 25-34.
  • KURTZ, S.M., LAIDLAW, T., MAKOUL, G. & SCHNABL, G. (1999) Medical education initiatives in communication skills, Cancer Prevention and Control, 3, pp. 37-45.
  • LINCOLN, Y.S. & GUBA, E.G. (1985) Naturalistic Inquiry (California, Sage).
  • MORGAN, D.L. (1988) Focus Groups as Qualitative Research, Qualitative Research Methods Series 16 (Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage).
  • OFHCE OF POPULATION CENSUSES AND SURVEYS (1991) Standard Occupational Classification, Vol. 3 (London, HMSO).
  • REES, C.E., BATH, P.A. & LLOYD-WILLIAMS, M. (1998) The information concerns of spouses of women with breast cancer: patients' and spouses' perspectives, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28, pp. 1249-1258.
  • REES, C.E. & BATH, P.A. (2000) Mass media sources for breast cancer information: their advantages and disadvantages for women with the disease, Journal of Documentation, 56, pp. 235-249.
  • SPSS Inc. (1998) SPSS Base 8.0. User's Guide (Chicago, SPSS Inc.).
  • STEWART, D.W. & SHAMDASANI, P.N. (1990) Focus Groups Theory and Practice, Applied Social Research Methods Series, Vol. 20 (Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage).
  • VAUGHN, S., SCHUMM, J.S. & SINAGUB, J. (1996) Focus Group Interviews in Education and Psychology (Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.