Individual characteristics and students engagement in scientific research: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Salgueira, Ana ^a   Costa, Patrício ^a   Gonçalves, Mánica ^a   Magalhães, Eunice ^a,b   Costa, Manuel João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867363261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-95     Document Type: Article

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