Medical student education in psychiatry after Katrina: Disaster and renewal

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-210

  Townsend, Mark H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547450999     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.31.3.205     Document Type: Review

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