Comparing the academic performance of graduate-and undergraduate-entry medical students

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-204

  Dodds, Agnes E ^a   Reid, Katharine J ^a   Conn, Jennifer J ^a   Elliott, Susan L ^a   McColl, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149120211     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03559.x     Document Type: Article

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