Evaluation and treatment of students with difficulties passing the step examinations

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-683

  Laatsch, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b M/C 796 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING DISORDER; LICENCE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING;

EID: 68249135355     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819faae1     Document Type: Article

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