When are students most at risk of encountering academic difficulty? a study of the 1992 matriculants to U.S. Medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 454-460

  Huff, Kristen L ^a   Fang, Di ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033045175     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199904000-00047     Document Type: Article

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