The impact of primary language on the performance of medical undergraduates in communication skills

Medical Teacher

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 270-274

  Swadi, Harith ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031434053     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421599709034204     Document Type: Article

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