Medical student distress: Causes, consequences, and proposed solutions

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1613-1622

  Dyrbye, Liselotte N ^a,b   Thomas, Matthew R ^a   Shanafelt, Tait D ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 28544451221     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/80.12.1613     Document Type: Article

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