Preclinical anxiety: the stress associated with a viva voce examination.

Full Abstract

It is shown that the state anxiety scores of 75 preclinical students taking a series of written and oral examinations, and measured just prior to taking a viva voce examination, were substantially raised. There was no correlation of anxiety with overall examination performance.

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Author/s: Arndt, C B (CB); Guly, U M (UM); McManus, I C (IC);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Medical education (Med Educ), published in ENGLAND. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1986-Jul; vol 20 (issue 4) : pp 274-80

Dates: Created 1986/10/06; Completed 1986/10/06; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 3747872, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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