Linking learning and health: A pilot study of medical students' perceptions of the academic impact of various health issues

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-64

  Kernan, William D ^a   Wheat, Mary E ^a   Lerner, Burton A ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; CONSENSUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; CONSENSUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 41649085191     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.32.1.61     Document Type: Article

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