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Skills necessary for contemporary health professionals
Author(s) -
SULLIVAN LOUIS W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1992.tb00114.x
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , medical education , the renaissance , health professionals , health care , set (abstract data type) , face (sociological concept) , communication skills , medicine , psychology , nursing , sociology , political science , computer science , programming language , social science , geometry , mathematics , law , art history , art
Summary. There is a constant need for all doctors to be ‘renaissance health professionals’, to have a mastery of a broad set of medical, communication and information‐processing skills. Education in these areas must continue after graduation to produce the most effective medical care. With the changing face of medicine in the next few years, these skills will be more vital than ever before. Hence doctors and institutions of medical education must encourage the development of a wide range of skills as part of the learning and practice of medicine.