Familiarity breeds respect: Attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry following a clinical attachment

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-353

  Lampe, Lisa ^a,b   Coulston, Carissa ^a,b   Walter, Garry ^a,c,d   Malhi, Gin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical students; Psychiatry; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954866763     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398561003739612     Document Type: Article

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