Longitudinal clinics for medical students

Adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism in medical students: a longitudinal investigation.

OBJECTIVES The personality of medical students may have an important impact on both their academic performance and emotional adjustment during medical school. There has been little systematic study of the impact of perfectionism on medical students. The present study sought to compare the perfectionism profile of medical students with that of a general arts student group and to examine the rela...

Depression in medical students: insights from a longitudinal study

BACKGROUND Factors associated with depression of medical students are poorly understood. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of depression in medical students, its change during the course, if depression persists for affected students, what are the factors associated with depression and how these factors change over time. METHODS A prospective, longitudinal observational ...

Medical Students' Attitudinal Changes Towards Cadaver Dissection: A Longitudinal Study

BACKGROUND Recently, not only the medical school curriculum but also medical students' attitude towards cadaver-based learning of anatomy has changed. This investigation is therefore designed to analyse students' attitudes towards human cadaveric dissection before and after exposure to dissection. METHODS A longitudinal survey was conducted among second year medical students in 2010 at the co...

Patients’ Attitude and Feeling toward the Presence of Medical Students in Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Educational Clinics

  Introduction : Patients are cornerstone of ambulatory teaching of medical students in clinics worldwide. Patient’s attitude and feeling towards the service they receive grounds for an increase in patients’ collaboration and consequently the quality of students’ clinical education. The aim of this study is to assess patient’s attitude and feeling toward the presence of medical students in educ...

The Medical Clinics of Chicago