Blueprint for establishing an effective postbaccalaureate medical school pre-entry program for educationally disadvantaged students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-447

  Blakely, Alan W ^a   Broussard, Larry G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKILL; STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0038293057     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200305000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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