Why medical students choose not to carry out an intercalated BSc: A questionnaire study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nicholson, Jamie A ^a   Cleland, Jennifer ^a   Lemon, John ^a   Galley, Helen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950789222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-25     Document Type: Article

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