Maturity and medical students' ease of transition into the clinical environment

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 621-626

  Shacklady, Jaine ^a   Holmes, Eileen ^a   Mason, Graham ^a   Davies, Ioan ^a   Dornan, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549087632     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802203496     Document Type: Article

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