A case study in the globalization of medical education: Assisting overseas-born students at the University of Melbourne

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-159

  Hawthorne, Lesleyanne ^a   Minas, I Harry ^a   Singh, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; UNIVERSITY;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MALE; VICTORIA;

EID: 1842586596     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159032000150539     Document Type: Article

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