Frequency and confidence in performing clinical skills among medical interns in Kuwait

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Premadasa, I G ^a   Shehab, Diaa ^a   Al Jarallah, Khaled ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; JOB PERFORMANCE; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IRELAND; KUWAIT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 46749107226     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590801915652     Document Type: Article

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