Student Quality-of-Life Declines During Third Year Surgical Clerkship

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Goldin, Steven B ^a   Wahi, Monika M ^b   Farooq, Osman S ^c   Borgman, Heather A ^a   Carpenter, Heather L ^a   Wiegand, Lucas R ^a   Nixon, Lois L ^a   Paidas, Charles ^a   Rosemurgy II, Alexander S ^a   Karl, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

clinical clerkship; depression; education, medical; quality of life; students, medical; surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 35248868875     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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