Medical students' perception of professionalism: A qualitative study from Saudi Arabia

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 840-845

  Adkoli, B V ^a,b   Al Umran, Khalid Umran ^a   Al Sheikh, Mona ^a   Deepak, Kishore K ^a   Al Rubaish, Abdullah M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAUDI ARABIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80053241293     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.541535     Document Type: Article

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