The impact of nonacademic variables on performance at two medical schools

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Webb, Carmen T ^a   Sedlacek, William ^b   Cohen, Diane ^b   Shields, Portia ^b   Gracely, Edward ^b   Hawkins, Morris ^b   Nieman, Linda ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Academic performance; Medical education; Medical schools; Medical students; Nonacademic performance

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031085657     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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