Selection of medical students: An Australian perspective

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 647-649

  Story, M ^a   Mercer, A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BURNOUT; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LICENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SKILL; STRESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 28244470261     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00968.x     Document Type: Editorial

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