Variation in personality traits of medical students between schools of medicine

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 944-948

  Wilson, Ian ^a   Griffin, Barbara ^b   Lampe, Lisa ^c   Eley, Diann ^d   Corrigan, Gerry ^e   Kelly, Brian ^f   Stagg, Pamela ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84886914725     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.827331     Document Type: Article

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