Academic performance of ethnic minorities in medical school

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7670, 2008, Pages 585-586

  Carr, Phyllis ^a   Woodson, Jonathon ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 50049122529     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1094     Document Type: Editorial

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