Enhancing self-awareness in medical students: An overview of teaching approaches

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-161

  Benbassat, Jochanan ^a   Baumal, Reuben ^b  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 12844288106     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200502000-00010     Document Type: Review

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