Development of a method to investigate medical students' perceptions of their personal and professional development

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-486

  Lown, Nick ^a   Davies, Ioan ^a   Cordingley, Lis ^a   Bundy, Chris ^a   Braidman, Isobel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Constructs; Medical education; Personal and professional development; Qualitative methods; Quantitative methods; Self repertory grid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 70349512322     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-008-9130-6     Document Type: Article

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