Operating theatre related syncope in medical students: A cross sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jamjoom, A A B ^a   Nikkar Esfahani, A ^a   Fitzgerald, J E F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SYNCOPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 62749133286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-14     Document Type: Article

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