How does feedback from patients impact upon healthcare student clinical skill development and learning? A systematic review

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The harvest plot: A method for synthesising evidence about the differential effects of interventions

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User and carer involvement in the training and education of health professionals: A review of the literature

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Strategies and interventions for the involvement of real patients in medical education: a systematic review

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Communication skills competencies: definitions and a teaching toolbox

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Perceptions of service user and carer involvement in healthcare education and impact on students’ knowledge and practice: A literature review

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Using client feedback in psychotherapy training: An analysis of its influence on supervision and counselor self-efficacy.

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Instructiveness of Real Patients and Simulated Patients in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Randomized Experiment

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Patient instructors as teachers and evaluators

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A further use for the Harvest plot: a novel method for the presentation of data synthesis

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Involvement of inpatient mental health clients in the practical training and assessment of mental health nursing students: Can it benefit clients and students?

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Learning to listen: Improving students' communication with disabled people

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Assessing medical student effectiveness from the psychiatric patient's perspective: The Medical Student Interviewing Performance Questionnaire

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The use of instructor-patients to teach physical examination techniques

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The patient’s role in the assessment of students’ communication skills

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Medical students’ concerns about communicating with patients

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The patient as experience broker in clinical learning

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The Use of Practical Instructors to Evaluate a Complete Physical Examination

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Utilising feedback from patients and their families as a learning strategy in a Foundation Degree in palliative and supportive care: A qualitative study

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The role of radiotherapy patients in provision of student interpersonal skills feedback

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Patient feedback for medical students

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High-Active Children and Achievement Tests: A two-year follow-up

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Patient and public involvement in healthcare: a systematic mapping review of systematic reviews – identification of current research and possible directions for future research

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Formative assessment and feedback in medical education: A practical guide: AMEE Guide No. 189

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Twelve tips for undertaking a focused systematic review in medical education

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Public participation in healthcare students' education: An umbrella review

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Conversations between people with aphasia and speech pathology students via telepractice: A Phase II feasibility study

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Pathways, journeys and experiences: Integrating curricular activities related to social accountability within an undergraduate medical curriculum

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Training Undergraduates Skills in Breaking Bad News: How Students Value Educators’ Feedback

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Reading and writing feedback perceptions among multilingual and monolingual learners across K-20 contexts: A systematic review

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Learning from patients' written feedback: medical students' experiences

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Redefining medical education: harnessing the power of patient feedback

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Patients as Feedback Providers: Exploring Medical Students’ Credibility Judgments

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Exploring the outcomes and perceptions of people with aphasia who conversed with speech pathology students via telepractice: a pilot study

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Australian occupational therapists' perspectives of consumers authentically contributing to student learning during practice placements: ‘It just makes sense!’ but ‘we need a process’

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Exploring the concepts of consumer feedback systems for occupational therapy student learning during practice placements: A scoping review

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Practice Education in Occupational Therapy: Current Trends and Practices

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Developing effective communication skills in audiology using anonymous patient feedback

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Medical Students’ General Beliefs and Specific Perceptions about Patient Feedback Before and after Training in a Clinical Context

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Latin American framework for faculty development in health education

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Investigating the Relationship between Fear of Failure and the Delivery of End-of-Life Care: A Questionnaire Study

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Enhancing clinical education through patient voices

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Practice Education in Occupational Therapy: Current Trends and Practices

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Learning from patients

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Ask the Parent: Developing a Pediatric Feedback Form for Medical Learners

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Patients’ and Partners’ Perceptions of Care and Education Within an Interprofessional Training Unit on a Dutch Maternity Ward

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Giving Patient Educators a Consequential Role in Pharmacy Education Requires Influence over Curriculum Decisions, Recognition of Lived Expertise, and Accountability for Institutional Responses

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PATIENT FEEDBACK FOR STUDENT LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NARRATIVE SYNTHESIS

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A randomised controlled trial of feedback to improve patient satisfaction and consultation skills in medical students

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The importance of feedback for medical students’ development

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Using Patient Feedback as a Feedback and Assessment Tool for Medical Students

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Strengthening the Component of Obtaining Feedback from Patients and Using the Same to Facilitate the Teaching of Medical Students

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