What Do Grades in Clinical Subjects Depend on? Case study of the Zagreb University School of Medicine

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Golubić, Rajna ^a,b   Golubić, Karlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Education, medical, undergraduate; Educational measurement; Knowledge; Preceptorship; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHIATRY; RADIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SURGERY; TECHNIQUE;

CROATIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 1642546305     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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