The effect of a brief social intervention on the examination results of UK medical students: A cluster randomised controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Woolf, Katherine ^a   McManus, I Chris ^a   Gill, Deborah ^a   Dacre, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; ETHNICITY; EXAMINATION; EXPECTATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 68749114138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-35     Document Type: Article

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