Attitudinal change toward psychiatry during undergraduate medical training in Ireland

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 131-133

  Glynn, Shauna ^a   Reilly, Michael ^b   Avalos, Gloria ^c   Mannion, Laura ^d   Carney, P A ^e  

^a MAYO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Department of Old Age Psychiatry   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d Department of Psychiatry ^*

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Curriculum; Education; Medical; Psychiatry; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34848851903     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700009915     Document Type: Article

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