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Tamburrino, Marijo B.; And Others – Medical Teacher, 1991
The Helping Relationship Inventory was used to see whether objective improvement in medical student (n=109) communication skills occurred in a relatively brief (nine-hour) small-group course in interviewing. The study demonstrated that even brief small-group interviewing courses can effect a positive change in communication skills. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Helping Relationship, Higher Education
Lesley, Tay – 1975
This paper describes a highly specialized ESL program for a group of foreign students at the University of Southern California. The students were foreign graduates in business administration and economics who were entering the MBA program at USC. Previous experience with such students indicated that many entered the program with an insufficient…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Language Programs, Communication Skills, English (Second Language)