Does academic assessment system type affect levels of academic stress in medical students? A cross-sectional study from Pakistan

Medical Education Online

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ali, Madiha ^a   Asim, Hamna ^a   Edhi, Ahmed Iqbal ^a   Hashmi, Muhammad Daniyal ^a   Khan, Muhammad Shahjahan ^a   Naz, Farah ^a   Qaiser, Kanza Noor ^a   Qureshi, Sidra Masud ^a   Zahid, Mohammad Faizan ^a   Jehan, Imtiaz ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

academic stress; assessment system; medical education; medical students; stress

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRECLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012084797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/MEO.V20.27706     Document Type: Article

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