Decline of medical student idealism in the first and second year of medical school: A survey of pre-clinical medical students at one institution

Medical Education Online

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Morley, Christopher P ^a,b   Roseamelia, Carrie ^a   Smith, Jordan A ^c   Villarreal, Ana L ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GTx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; IDEALISM; MEDICAL STUDENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVEYS;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; IDEALISM; MEDICAL STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

EID: 84888775521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v18i0.21194     Document Type: Article

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