Examination performance of graduate entry medical students compared with mainstream students

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 425-430

  Calvert, Melanie J ^a   Ross, Nick M ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^a   Xu, Yong ^a   Zvauya, Remigio ^a   Parle, Jim V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH ASIA; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70349669597     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090121     Document Type: Article

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