Attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry: Effects of training, courses in psychiatry, psychiatric experience and gender

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-101

  Kuhnigk, Olaf ^a   Strebel, Bernd ^a   Schilauske, Joerg ^a   Jueptner, Markus ^a  

^a Prodekanat fuer Lehre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude; Career choice; Curriculum; Evaluation studies; Medical education; Medical fields; Psychiatry; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33846552369     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-005-5045-7     Document Type: Article

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