Standardized examination performance and specialty choice

Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 421-423

  Lynch, Deirdre C ^a   Whitley, Theodore W ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STANDARDIZATION;

CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030910287     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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