Iranian medical students' perception of psychiatry: Before and after a psychiatry clerkship

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-43

  Amini, Homayoun ^a,b   Nejatisafa, Ali Akbar ^a,b   Shoar, Saeed ^b   Kaviani, Hosein ^a,c   Samimi Ardestani, Mehdi ^d,e   Shabani, Amir ^b   Esmaeili, Sara ^b   Moghaddam, Yasaman ^f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Career choice; Medical Students; Psychiatry; Psychiatry clerkship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL HUMANITIES; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSIC; PSYCHIATRY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 84877121687     PISSN: 17354587     EISSN: 20082215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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