Relationship between pathology curricular approaches and performance in the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), Step 1: A national cross-sectional study

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 417-422

  Kumar, Kusum ^a   Nguyen, Hoa ^b   Indurkhya, Alka ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Curriculum; Curriculum and student performance; Pathology instruction; Student performance; United States Medical Licensing Examination

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; LICENCE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038047686     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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