Effects of an educational intervention on female biomedical scientists' research self-efficacy

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-183

  Bakken, Lori L ^a   Byars Winston, Angela ^b   Gundermann, Dawn M ^b   Ward, Earlise C ^b   Slattery, Angela ^c   King, Andrea ^d   Scott, Denise ^d   Taylor, Robert E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Educational intervention; Gender; Racial differences; Research self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 77954056672     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-009-9190-2     Document Type: Article

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