Evidence of gender bias in true-false-abstain medical examinations

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kelly, Shona ^a   Dennick, Reg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; COURSE EVALUATION; CURRICULUM; GENDER BIAS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68149110137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-32     Document Type: Article

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