Resilience in the third year of medical school: A prospective study of the associations between stressful events occurring during clinical rotations and student well-being

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-268

  Haglund, Margaret E M ^a   Aan Het Rot, Marije ^d   Cooper, Nicole S ^b   Nestadt, Paul S ^c   Muller, David ^d   Southwick, Steven M ^e,f   Charney, Dennis S ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; WORK SCHEDULE; ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW YORK; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849092818     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819381b1     Document Type: Article

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