Teaching undergraduate psychiatry in primary care: The impact on student learning and attitudes

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-108

  Walters, Kate ^a   Raven, Peter ^a   Rosenthal, Joe ^a   Russell, Jill ^a   Humphrey, Charlotte ^b   Buszewicz, Marta ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*attitude of health personnel; *family practice; Adult; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Female; Humans; Learning; Male; Mental disorders *psychology; Psychiatry *education; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; EMPATHY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 33845741569     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02653.x     Document Type: Article

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