An evaluation of the performance in the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists primary examination by UK medical school and gender

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bowhay, Andrew R ^a   Watmough, Simon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; GRADUATE STUDENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 68149098865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-38     Document Type: Article

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