Intern self-care: An exploratory study into strategy use and effectiveness

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 674-680

  Turner, Joseph A ^a   Eicken, Iverson M ^b   Castro, Jennifer R ^c   Edwards, Lisa M ^d   Yokoyama, Kayoko ^e,h   Tran, Amber Ngoc Thuy ^f   Haggins, Kristee L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Kaiser Permanente   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h JOHN F KENNEDY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intern development; Internship training; Self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344452624     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.6.674     Document Type: Article

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