Associations of pass-fail outcomes with psychological health of first-year medical students in a Malaysian medical school

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-114

  Yusoff, Muhamad S B ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Malaysia; Medical students; Psychological stress; Student assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875157274     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0003203     Document Type: Article

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