Gender differences in the results of the final medical examination at University College Dublin

Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-34

  McDonough, C M ^a   Horgan, A ^a   Codd, M B ^a   Casey, Patricia R ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education; Educational measurement; Ireland; Medical; Sex characteristics; Standards; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033962545     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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