Motivation, learning strategies, participation and medical school performance

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 678-688

  Stegers Jager, Karen M ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^b   Themmen, Axel P N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862267936     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04284.x     Document Type: Article

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