Scientific writing of novice researchers: What difficulties and encouragements do they encounter?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-516

  Shah, Jatin ^a   Shah, Anand ^b,c   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; WRITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; NORTH CAROLINA; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; WRITING;

EID: 65249153483     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819a8c3c     Document Type: Article

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