Medical students' personality characteristics and academic performance: A five-factor model perspective

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1050-1056

  Lievens, Filip ^a   Coetsier, Pol ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Clinical competence standards; Education, medical undergraduate psychology; Educational measurement; Personality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; PERSONALITY;

BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036428634     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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