Participation in a premedical summer program for underrepresented- minority students as a predictor of academic performance in the first three years of medical school: Two studies

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-447

  Strayhorn, Gregory ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032967193     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199904000-00043     Document Type: Article

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