Medical students' attitudes towards science and gross anatomy, and the relationship to personality

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-269

  Plaisant, Odile ^a,b   Stephens, Shiby ^c   Apaydin, Nihal ^d   Courtois, Robert ^e,f   Lignier, Baptiste ^g   Loukas, Marios ^h   Moxham, Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^h ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Attitudes; Medical education; Personality; Science

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATTITUDES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONALITY; SCIENCE;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84893858978     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12043     Document Type: Article

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