The influence of phychological features and learning styles on the academic performance of medical students;¿Influyen las características psicológicas y los estilos de aprendizaje en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de medicina? Un estudio retrospectivo

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1127-1136

  Bitran C, Marcela ^a,b   Lafuente G, Montserrat ^a   Zúñiga P, Denisse ^a   Viviani G, Paola ^a   Mena C, Beltrán ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Education, medical; Learning; Students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; EDUCATION; EXTRAVERSION; INTROVERSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 12444302177     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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