Factors that correlate with the U.S. medical licensure examination step-2 scores in a diverse medical student population

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1258-1262

  Ogunyemi, Dotun ^a,b   Taylor Harris, De Shown ^a,b  

^a Charles R Drew College of Medicine and Science ^*

^b KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical clerkships; Medical education; Minority medical school; Standardized examinations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OBSTETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344444092     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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