Does clinical exposure to patients in medical school affect trainee doctors' attitudes towards mental disorders and patients? - A pilot study

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 328-337

  Tan, Susan M K ^a   Azmi, M T ^a   Reddy, J P ^a   Shaharom, M H ^a   Rosdinom, R ^a   Maniam, T ^a   Ruzanna, Z Z ^a   Minas, I H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Medical students; Mental illness; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33644803060     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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