Selection of student-selected component [SSCs] modules across the medical undergraduate curriculum: Relationship with motivational factors

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 813-820

  O'Tuathaigh, Colm M P ^a   Duggan, Eileen ^a   Khashan, Ali S ^a   Boylan, Geraldine B ^a   O'Flynn, Siún ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84867927299     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.701025     Document Type: Article

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