USMLE step 2 performance and test administration date in the fourth year of medical school

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Pohl, Charles A ^a   Robeson, Mary R ^b   Veloski, Jon ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM; GENDER; LICENSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATION;

EID: 4644278073     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200410001-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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