Evaluation of the claassen institute of psychiatry for medical students

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-16

  Lyons, Zaza ^a   Power, Brian ^a   Bilyk, Natalia ^a   Lofchy, Jodi ^b   Claassen, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSCIENCES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77049096555     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398560903414136     Document Type: Article

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