Medical students' and facilitators' experiences of an Early Professional Contact course: Active and motivated students, strained facilitators

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Von Below, Bernhard ^a,b,d   Hellquist, Gunilla ^a   Rödjer, Stig ^a,c   Gunnarsson, Ronny ^a,d   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Wahlqvist, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Floda Primary Health Care Center   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Research and Development Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; TEACHING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWEDEN; TEACHING; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149287944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-56     Document Type: Article

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