Medical Students' Gender is a Predictor of Success in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Basic Clerkship

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 240-243

  Bienstock, Jessica L ^a   Martin, Shari ^a   Tzou, Wendy ^a   Fox, Harold E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRICS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036731280     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328015TLM1404_7     Document Type: Article

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