Exploring factors affecting undergraduate medical students' study strategies in the clinical years: A qualitative study

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 553-567

  Al Kadri, Hanan M F ^a   Al Moamary, Mohamed S ^a   Elzubair, Margaret ^a   Magzoub, Mohi Eldien ^a   AlMutairi, Abdulrahman ^b   Roberts, Christopher ^c   van der Vleuten, Cees ^d  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Clinical attachment; Clinical supervisor; Study strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAUDI ARABIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355160648     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9271-2     Document Type: Article

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