Do Underrepresented Minority Medical Students Differ from Nonminority Students in Problem-Solving Ability?

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-91

  Tekian, Ara ^a,b   Han, Yi ^a   Hruska, Laura ^a   Krainik, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOGIC; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LOGIC; MINORITY GROUPS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035287651     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328015TLM1302_3     Document Type: Article

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