USMLE performances in a predominantly Asian and Pacific Islander population of medical students in a problem-based learning curriculum

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 483-490

  Kasuya, Richard T ^a   Naguwa, Gwen S ^a   Guerrero, Anthony P S ^a   Hishinuma, Earl S ^a   Lindberg, Marlene A ^a   Judd, Nanette K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXAMINATION; FAMILY; GENDER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LICENSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038293038     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200305000-00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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