Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Holen, Are"
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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 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Can we rely on simulated patients' satisfaction with their consultation for assessing medical students' communication skills? A cross-sectional study
Gude, Tore; Grimstad, Hilde; Holen, Are; Anvik, Tor; Bærheim, Anders; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Hjortdahl, Per; Vaglum, Per Jørgen Wiggen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-18)Background. In medical education, teaching methods offering intensive practice without high utilization of faculty resources are needed. We investigated whether simulated patients’ (SPs’) satisfaction with a consultation ... -
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 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Have medical students’ attitudes towards clinical communication skills changed over a 12- year period? A comparative long-term study
Gude, Tore; Tyssen, Reidar; Anvik, Tor; Grimstad, Hilde; Holen, Are; Baerheim, Anders; Vaglum, Per Jørgen Wiggen; Løvseth, Lise T (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Attitudes towards learning clinical communication skills at the end of medical school are likely to reflect the students’ training and motivation for the continued development of their skills as doctors. Students ... -
Nondirective meditation activates brain areas associated with retrieval of memories and emotional processing
Xu, Jian; Vik, Alexandra; Groote, Inge Rasmus; Lagopoulos, Jim; Holen, Are; Ellingsen, Øyvind; Håberg, Asta; Davanger, Svend (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-26)Nondirective meditation techniques are practiced with a relaxed focus of attention that permits spontaneously occurring thoughts, images, sensations, memories, and emotions to emerge and pass freely, without any expectation ... -
Observed communication skills: how do they relate to the consultation content? A nation-wide study of graduate medical students seeing a standardized patient for a first-time consultation in a general practice setting
Gude, Tore; Vaglum, Per; Anvik, Tor; Bærheim, Anders; Eide, Hilde; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Graugaard, Peter; Grimstad, Hilde; Hjortdahl, Per; Holen, Are; Nordoy, Tone; Skirbekk, Helge; Finset, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-11-08)Background In this study, we wanted to investigate the relationship between background variables, communication skills, and the bio-psychosocial content of a medical consultation in a general practice setting with a ...