Sources of distress during medical training and clinical practice: Suggestions for reducing their impact

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 486-490

  Benbassat, Jochanan ^a,c   Baumal, Reuben ^b   Chan, Stephen ^b   Nirel, Nurit ^a  

^a Myers JDC Brookdale Institute   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Smokler Center for Health Policy Research   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79957611505     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.531156     Document Type: Article

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