A cross-sectional examination of psychological distress, positive mental health and their predictors in medical students in their clinical clerkships

Abstract Background Medical students can experience the transition from theory to clinical clerkships as stressful. Scientific literature on the mental health of clinical clerkship students is scarce and mental health is usually defined as absence of psychological distress without assessing psycholo...

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Main Authors: Inge van Dijk, Peter L. B. J. Lucassen, Chris van Weel, Anne E. M. Speckens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-017-1035-8