Are long hours and hard work detrimental to end-clerkship examination scores?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-135

  Gerhardt, Janese D ^a   Filipi, Charles J ^a   Watson, Patrice ^a   Tselentis, Rose ^a   Reeves, Jane ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; LICENSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033028997     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00318-3     Document Type: Article

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