Stress, personal characteristics and burnout among first postgraduate year residents: A nationwide study in Taiwan

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 400-407

  Lue, Bee Horng ^a,b   Chen, Hsiu Jung ^c   Wang, Chang Wei ^a   Cheng, Yawen ^d   Chen, Mei Ching ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77951685387     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903437188     Document Type: Article

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