Is there grade inflation at medical schools? Case study of the Zagreb University School of Medicine

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-97

  Bergovec, Marko ^a,c   Kuzman, Tomislav ^a   Rojnić, Martina ^a   Maković, Agata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Curriculum; Educational measurement; Schools, medical; Students, medical; Universities

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGERY; UNIVERSITY;

CROATIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0037295866     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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