Promoting psychiatry as a career option for Ghanaian medical students through a public-speaking competition

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-232

  Agyapong, Vincent Israel Opoku ^a   McLoughlin, Declan ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GHANA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GHANA; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84863947243     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.11010016     Document Type: Article

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