Personality testing may improve resident selection in anesthesiology programs

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Merlo, Lisa J ^a   Matveevskii, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COOPERATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; RESIDENT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TESTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049085018     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903390593     Document Type: Article

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