Medical Students in Early Clinical Training and Achievement Motivation: Variations According to Gender, Enrollment Status, and Age

Medical Science Educator

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-15

  Henning, Marcus A ^a   Krägeloh, Christian U ^b   Manalo, Emmanuel ^c   Doherty, Iain ^d   Lamdin, Rain ^a   Hawken, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

achievement motivation; gender; medical students in early clinical training; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977526407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21568650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03341798     Document Type: Article

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