Measurement and Correlates of Physicians' Lifelong Learning

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1066-1074

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALUMNUS; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEFFERSON SCALE OF PHYSICIAN LIFELONG LEARNING; LIFELONG LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949170641     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181acf25f     Document Type: Article

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