Preparing to take the USMLE Step 1: A survey on medical students’ self-reported study habits

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1075, 2015, Pages 257-261

  Kumar, Andre D ^a,b   Shah, Monisha K ^c   Maley, Jason H ^b,d   Evron, Joshua ^b,e   Gyftopoulos, Alex ^b,f   Miller, Chad ^g  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Section of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STUDENT T TEST; USA MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATION; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929309887     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-133081     Document Type: Article

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