Impact of clerkship in the attitudes toward psychiatry among Portuguese medical students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Xavier, Miguel ^a   Almeida, José C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PORTUGAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77955078414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-56     Document Type: Article

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