Medical students' and prospective medical students' uncertainties about career intentions: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Maudsley, Gillian ^a   Williams, Lyn ^a   Taylor, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, PREMEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949369228     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903386773     Document Type: Article

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