Outreach is better than selection for increasing diversity

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 872-875

  McLachlan, John C ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREAT BRITAIN; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 24744440756     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02257.x     Document Type: Note

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