Effects of age, gender and educational background on strength of motivation for medical school

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-313

  Kusurkar, Rashmi ^a,b   Kruitwagen, Cas ^b   Ten Cate, Olle ^b   Croiset, Gerda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Graduate entry; Maturity; Medical school; Medical students; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956886562     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-009-9198-7     Document Type: Article

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