Comparing the performance of graduate-entry and school-leaver medical students

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 699-705

  Shehmar, Manjeet ^a   Haldane, Thea ^a   Price Forbes, Alec ^a   MacDougall, Colin ^b   Fraser, Ian ^a   Peterson, Stuart ^c   Peile, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953768363     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03685.x     Document Type: Article

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