Promise of professionalism: Personal mission statements among a national cohort of medical students

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-342

  Rabow, Michael W ^a,b   Wrubel, Judith ^a   Remen, Rachel Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education, medical; Humanism; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONALISM; SELF CARE;

CODES OF ETHICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749122522     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.979     Document Type: Article

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