An Assessment of Medical School Stressors on Preclinical Students' Levels of Clinical Empathy

Current Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-221

  Michalec, Barret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical empathy; Medical school; Medical school stressors; Negative impact of stress; Personality traits; Preclinical medical education; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956613764     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-010-9081-y     Document Type: Article

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