Medical student attitudes to risk taking and self-perceived influence on medical practice

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 722-729

  Weissberg, Michael ^a   Sakai, Joseph T ^a   Miyoshi, Thomas J ^b   Fryer, George E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

*Attitude of health personnel; *Education, medical, undergraduate; *Risk taking; Clinical competence *standards; Decision making; Questionnaires; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRINKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33746480254     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02531.x     Document Type: Article

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