Promoting self-awareness and reflection through an experiential Mind-Body Skills course for first year medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 778-784

  Saunders, Pamela A ^a   Tractenberg, Rochelle E ^a   Chaterji, Ranjana ^b   Amri, Hakima ^c   Harazduk, Nancy ^c   Gordon, James ^c,d   Lumpkin, Michael ^c   Haramati, Aviad ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Center for Mind Body Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; EDUCATION; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 45549107782     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701509647     Document Type: Article

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