Medical student mental health 3.0: Improving student wellness through curricular changes

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 573-577

  Slavin, Stuart J ^a   Schindler, Debra L ^a   Chibnall, John T ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MISSOURI; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897573983     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000166     Document Type: Article

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