Characteristics of medical students completing an honors program in pathology

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1296-1301

  Fenderson, Bruce A ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^b   Damjanov, Ivan ^b   Rubin, Emanuel ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Honors program; Medical education; Medical students; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

EID: 0032693231     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90059-X     Document Type: Article

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