Is it me or is it them? Factors that influence the passing of underperforming students

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 800-809

  Cleland, Jennifer A ^a,d   Knight, Lynn V ^b   Rees, Charlotte E ^c   Tracey, Susan ^a   Bond, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*disclosure; *education, medical, undergraduate; Clinical competence *standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 47649123928     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03113.x     Document Type: Article

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