Learning preference and personality type: Their association in paediatric residents

Medical Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-311

  Greenberg, L W ^a,c   Goldberg, R M ^a   Foley, R P ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Chicago; Internship; Learning; Pediatrics education; Personality; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PERSONALITY; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030016838     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1996.tb00835.x     Document Type: Article

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