Factors that influence the choice of psychiatry as a career by medical students at the School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-412

  Ndetei, David M ^a,b   Ngumi, Zipporah W ^a   Mutiso, Victoria N ^b   Musyimi, Christine W ^b   Kamau, Lucy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAREER; COMPETITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; SELF EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884275842     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2013.823383     Document Type: Article

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