Impact of summative assessment on first year medical students' mental health

International Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 172-175

  Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

GHQ; Medical students; Mental health; Stress; Summative assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL STUDENT STRESSOR QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL STRESS; SOCIAL STRESS;

EID: 80053485945     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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