The influence of language family on academic performance in Year 1 and 2 MBBS students

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 786-794

  Mann, Collette ^a   Canny, Ben ^a   Lindley, Jennifer ^a   Rajan, Ramesh ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77954697580     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03711.x     Document Type: Article

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