Comparing academic performance of medical students in distributed learning sites: The McMaster experience

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Bianchi, Flavia ^a   Stobbe, Karl ^a   Eva, Kevin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 39449097510     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701754144     Document Type: Article

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