Selecting medical students

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7648, 2008, Pages 786-

  Brown, Celia A ^a   Lilford, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

COGNITION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 42249115545     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39517.679977.80     Document Type: Editorial

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