Medical students' attitudes toward underserved patients: A longitudinal comparison of problem-based and traditional medical curricula

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-86

  Crandall, Sonia J S ^a   Reboussin, Beth A ^a   Michielutte, Robert ^a   Anthony, Jennie E ^a   Naughton, Michelle J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring for underserved patients; Gender and attitudes; Medical education; Medical student attitudes; Physician social responsibility; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; TIME; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33846544982     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-005-2297-1     Document Type: Article

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