Anxiety in medical students: Is preparation for full-time clinical attachments more dependent upon differences in maturity or on educational programmes for undergraduate and graduate entry students?

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1154-1163

  Hayes, Kevin ^a   Feather, A ^a   Hall, A ^a   Sedgwick, P ^a   Wannan, G ^a   Wessier Smith, A ^a   Green, T ^a   McCrorie, P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age factors; Anxiety psychology; Clinical competence standards; College admission tests; Curriculum; Education, medical undergraduate *methods; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATURITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 8444248844     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01980.x     Document Type: Article

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