Teaching electroconvulsive therapy to medical students: Effects of instructional method on knowledge and attitudes

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 433-436

  Warnell, Ronald L ^a   Duk, Anthony D ^a   Christison, George W ^a   Haviland, Mark G ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33744976360     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.29.5.433     Document Type: Article

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