Veterinary School Admission Interviews, Part 2: Survey of North American Schools

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 122-130

  Turnwald, Grant H ^a   Spafford, Marlee M ^b   Bohr, Joyce D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035651477     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.28.3.122     Document Type: Article

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