Between two worlds: A multi-institutional qualitative analysis of students' reflections on joining the medical profession

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 958-963

  Fischer, Melissa A ^a,b   Harrell, Heather E ^c   Haley, Heather Lyn ^a   Cifu, Adam S ^d   Alper, Eric ^a   Johnson, Krista M ^d   Hatem, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical learning environment; Medical education; Physician patient relationship; Qualitative analysis; Students' reflections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WRITING;

EID: 46949111081     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0508-1     Document Type: Article

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