Learning in clinical practice: Stimulating and discouraging response to social comparison

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 899-904

  Raat, Janet ^a   Kuks, Jan ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 78049522157     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.497820     Document Type: Article

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