Board certification: Associations with physicians' demographics and performances during medical school and residency

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1283-1289

  Xu, Gang ^a,d   Jon Veloski, J ^b   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^c  

^a Brintnall and Nicolini Inc   (United States)

^b International Medical Education and Research   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brintnall and Nicolini Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0032438567     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199812000-00019     Document Type: Article

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