Preparation for a Postgraduate Specialty Examination by Medical Students in Turkey: Processes and Sources of Anxiety

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-36

  Turan, Sevgi ^a   Üner, Sarp ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

internship; specialty exam; trait anxiety level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 84921278395     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2014.979186     Document Type: Article

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