Admissions processes for five year medical courses at English schools: Review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7548, 2006, Pages 1005-1008

  Parry, Jayne ^a   Mathers, Jonathan ^a   Stevens, Andrew ^a   Parsons, Amanda ^a   Lilford, Richard ^a   Spurgeon, Peter ^a   Thomas, Hywel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTICENTER STUDY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; INTERVIEWS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33646446331     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38768.590174.55     Document Type: Review

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