Supporting student-doctors from under-resourced educational backgrounds: An academic development programme

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 917-925

  Sikakana, Cynthia N T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77955743145     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03733.x     Document Type: Article

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