Medical students' perceptions of child psychiatry: Pre- and post-psychiatry clerkship

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 362-367

  Martin, Vicki L ^a,b   Bennett, David S ^b   Pitale, Maria ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^c WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33644830955     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.29.4.362     Document Type: Article

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