The junior medical student psychiatry clerkship: Curriculum, attitudes, and test performance

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-143

  Niedermier, Julie A ^a,b   Bornstein, Robert ^a   Brandemihl, Adam ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Neuropsychiatric Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COURSE CONTENT; COURSE EVALUATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LICENCE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRY; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; STUDENTS;

EID: 33749012305     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.30.2.136     Document Type: Article

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