The influence of structured education and clinical experience on the attitudes of medical students towards substance misusers

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Silins, Edmund ^a,e   Conigrave, Katherine M ^a,b,c   Rakvin, Christine ^d   Dobbins, Timothy ^a   Curry, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Drug Health Services   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Education; Medical students; Substance misuse disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33847176961     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230601184661     Document Type: Article

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