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Assessing medical students’ attitudes towards learning communication skills – which components of attitudes do we measure?

Anvik, Tor; Gude, Tore; Grimstad, Hilde; Bærheim, Anders; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Hjortdahl, Per; Holen, Are; Risberg, Terje; Vaglum, Per (BioMed Central, 2007-03-30)

Background. The Communication Skills Attitudes Scale (CSAS) created by Rees, Sheard and Davies and published in 2002 has been a widely used instrument for measuring medical students' attitudes towards learning communication ...

(En)gendering body politics. Physiotherapy as a window on health and illness

Sudmann, Tobba Therkildsen (The University of Bergen, 2009-02-13)

The aim of this study is to gain knowledge about what patients do to negotiate possibilities and constraints for recuperative encounters with physiotherapists. The historical tenets of Norwegian physiotherapy are recapitulated ...

Curriculum factors influencing knowledge of communication skills among medical students

Bærheim, Anders; Hjortdahl, Per; Holen, Are; Anvik, Tor; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Grimstad, Hilde; Gude, Tore; Risberg, Terje; Vaglum, Per (BioMed Central, 2007-10-10)

Background: Communication training builds on the assumption that understanding of the concepts related to professional communication facilitates the training. We know little about whether students' knowledge of clinical ...

Correlates of peer violence among 13-to-15-year-olds in Gampaha district schools in Sri Lanka: Findings from a comparison between violent and non-violent adolescents

Wijeratne, Monika Priyadarshani; Seneviratne, Rohini; Gunawardena, Nalika; Lynch, Catherine; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Østbye, Truls (Sage, 2014)

Violence among adolescents in schools is a relatively new research area in South Asian countries. Limited knowledge about factors associated with peer violence hinders the design of prevention programs. This study was ...