Medical students' attitudes in a PBL curriculum: Trust, altruism, and cynicism

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 398-402

  Roche III, W Patrick ^a   Scheetz, Allison P ^a   Dane, Francis C ^b   Parish, David C ^a   O'Shea, James T ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037392892     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200304000-00017     Document Type: Article

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