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Motivation for Medicine in the Seventies

JOHN F. MCDERMOTT, JR., WALTER F. CHAR, and MARGARET J. HANSENAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.252

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A department of psychiatry in Hawaii undertook an exploratory study of the motivational patterns of entering freshmen, relating these to problems of selection, performance, and the educational system itself. The authors, noting that the motivations of students seem to be changing and that a different value system is emerging, call for further study to more accurately assess the values and needs of prospective students and to reassess the educational process.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 3 • March 1973

Pages: 252 - 256

PubMed: 4688599

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Published in print: March 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOHN F. MCDERMOTT, JR.

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WALTER F. CHAR

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MARGARET J. HANSEN

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Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, 3675 Kilauea Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, 3675 Kilauea Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, 3675 Kilauea Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

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