Prematriculation variables associated with suboptimal outcomes for the 1994-1999 cohort of US medical school matriculants

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1212-1219

  Andriole, Dorothy A ^a   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL ADMISSION; ADULT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; RACE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956624988     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1321     Document Type: Article

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