Measuring medical students' orientation toward lifelong learning: A psychometric evaluation

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Wetzel, Angela P ^a   Mazmanian, Paul E ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Kreutzer, Kathleen O ^a   Carrico, Robert J ^a   Carr, Caroline ^a   Veloski, Jon ^a   Rafiq, Azhar ^a  

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EID: 77958463330     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ed1ae9     Document Type: Article

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