Do Medical Student Stress, Health, or Quality of Life Foretell Step 1 Scores? A Comparison of Students in Traditional and Revised Preclinical Curricula

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-70

  Tucker, Phebe ^a   Jeon Slaughter, Haekyung ^b   Sener, Ugur ^a   Arvidson, Megan ^a   Khalafian, Andrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health; medical curriculum; stress; USMLE Step 1; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84921307832     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2014.979178     Document Type: Article

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