Stress, debt and undergraduate medical student performance

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 584-589

  Ross, Sarah ^a,b   Cleland, Jennifer ^a   Macleod, Mary Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*educational status; Education, medical, undergraduate *economics; Financing, personal; Humans; Income; Mental health; Scotland; Stress, psychological *aetiology economics; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FINANCE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; SCOTLAND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33646693623     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02448.x     Document Type: Article

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