Medical students' distress - Quality, continuity and gender differences during a six-year medical programme

Medical Teacher

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Niemi, P M ^a   Vainiomaki P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33646838254     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590600607088     Document Type: Article

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