Progress testing in the medical curriculum: Students' approaches to learning and perceived stress

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Yan ^a   Henning, Marcus ^a   Yielder, Jill ^a   Jones, Rhys ^a   Wearn, Andy ^a   Weller, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941637490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0426-y     Document Type: Article

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