Third-year medical students' understanding, knowledge, and attitudes toward the use of electroconvulsive therapy: A pre-exposure and postexposure survey

Journal of ECT

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-264

  Shah, Nurun ^a   Averill, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Effectiveness; Electroconvulsive therapy; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 74249090795     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181a48779     Document Type: Article

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