Gender differences in leadership amongst first-year medical students in the small-group setting

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1276-1281

  Wayne, Nancy L ^a   Vermillion, Michelle ^a   Uijtdehaage, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955340084     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e5f2ce     Document Type: Article

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