“My turbinado sugar”: Art-making, well-being and professional identity in medical education

Arts and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-81

  Cox, Susan M ^a   Brett MacLean, Pamela ^b   Courneya, Carol Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

art making; learning; medical education; professional identity; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957849640     PISSN: 17533015     EISSN: 17533023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2015.1037318     Document Type: Article

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