Students' perceptions about the transition to the clinical phase of a medical curriculum with preclinical patient contacts; A focus group study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Godefrooij, Merijn B ^a   Diemers, Agnes D ^b   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77950542882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-28     Document Type: Article

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