The fate of medical students with different levels of knowledge: Are the basic medical sciences relevant to physician competence?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-196

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^b   Erdmann, James B ^b   Veloski, J Jon ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Academic performance; Knowledge and competence; Medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007631328     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018383708357     Document Type: Article

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