Gender differences in medical graduates' assessment of their personal attributes

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Clack, Gillian B ^a,b   Head, John O ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Personality; Physicians; Self assessment; Sex distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIANS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033061045     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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