Opinions of students from a Brazilian medical school regarding online professionalism

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 758-764

  Rocha, Paulo Novis ^a   De Castro, Naara Alethéa Azael ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cultural differences; ethics; medical education attitudes and psychosocial; medical education professionalism; survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE PROFESSIONALISM; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900860925     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2748-y     Document Type: Article

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