How much do differences in medical schools influence student performance? A longitudinal study employing hierarchical linear modeling

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-113

  Hecker, Kent ^a,b   Violato, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CURRICULUM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 41849138285     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330801991915     Document Type: Article

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