Preclinical science course 'preludes' taken by premedical students: Do they provide a competitive advantage?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 920-922

  Caplan, Richard M ^a,b   Kreiter, Clarence ^a   Albanese, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029819875     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199608000-00023     Document Type: Article

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