Can there be a single system for peer assessment of professionalism among medical students? A multi-institutional study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 578-586

  Arnold, Louise ^a   Shue, Carolyn K ^a,b   Kalishman, Summers ^c   Prislin, Michael ^d   Pohl, Charles ^e   Pohl, Henry ^f,g   Stern, David T ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Academic Administration

^g ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h Center for Human Growth and Development   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 34249681389     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3180555d4e     Document Type: Article

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