The simulated clinical environment: Cognitive and emotional impact among undergraduates

Medical Teacher

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 181-187

  Tremblay, Marie Laurence ^a   Lafleur, Alexandre ^a   Leppink, Jimmie ^b   Dolmans, Diana H J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS; ANXIETY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SIMULATION TRAINING;

ANXIETY; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; SIMULATION TRAINING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 84994884364     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2016.1246710     Document Type: Article

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