The University of Western Australia Institute of Psychiatry for Medical Students: An Australian first

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-310

  Lyons, Zaza ^a   Power, Brian ^a   Bilyk, Natalia ^a   Claassen, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career choice; Medical students; Psychiatric education; Recruitment; Workforce

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAREER; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CURRICULUM; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHIATRY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70249134075     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560902964602     Document Type: Short Survey

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