Graduate entry to medicine: Widening academic and socio-demographic access

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-300

  James, David ^a   Ferguson, Eamonn ^b   Powis, David ^c   Symonds, Ian ^c   Yates, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate *organisational administration; *school admission criteria; Educational status; Female; Male; Retrospective studies; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38949161145     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03006.x     Document Type: Article

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