Impact of pass/fail grading on medical students' well-being and academic outcomes

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 867-877

  Spring, Laura ^a   Robillard, Diana ^a   Gehlbach, Lorrie ^a   Moore Simas, Tiffany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051730165     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03989.x     Document Type: Review

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