Language background, English language proficiency and medical communication skills of medical students

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dc.contributor.authorChur-Hansen, A.
dc.contributor.authorVernon-Roberts, J.
dc.contributor.authorClark, S.
dc.date.issued1997
dc.description.abstractAssociations between language background, English language proficiency and medical communication skills were investigated in a group of 149 third year undergraduate medical students studying at an Australian university. Written and aural English proficiency were assessed with the Screening Test for Adolescent Language (STAL). Medical communication skills and the fluency of spoken language were scored during an Observed Structured Clinical Interview (OSCI), rated by a standardized patient and a clinician. An association was found between language background, performance on the STAL and spoken language proficiency. Satisfactory performance in medical communication skills was not associated with language background or overall performance on the STAL. In this study it was the global rating of unsatisfactory spoken language fluency that was associated with poorer performance in medical communication skills under examination conditions.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityA Chur-Hansen, J Vernon-Roberts, & S Clark
dc.identifier.citationMedical Education, 1997; 31(4):259-263
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2923.1997.tb02922.x
dc.identifier.issn0308-0110
dc.identifier.issn1365-2923
dc.identifier.orcidChur-Hansen, A. [0000-0002-2935-2689]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/6208
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBlackwell Science
dc.rights© 1997 Blackwell Science Ltd.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1997.tb02922.x
dc.subjectClinical competence
dc.subjectcohort studies
dc.subjectcommunication
dc.subjecteducation, medical, undergraduate
dc.subjectlanguage
dc.subjectSouth Australia
dc.titleLanguage background, English language proficiency and medical communication skills of medical students
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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