Medical student participation in an adult ADHD outpatient clinic: An ideal setting for education in outpatient psychiatry

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-81

  Wetzel, Martin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMORBIDITY; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEBRASKA; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 64349117865     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.33.1.80     Document Type: Letter

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