ECT knowledge in psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, and medical students : Effect of training

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 819-824

  Chanpattana, Worrawat ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Comparison Study; ECT Curriculum for Medical Students; ECT Knowledge; Medical Students; Psychiatrists; Psychiatry Residents; Training Syllabus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THAILAND;

EID: 0033175047     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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