Selection for medical schools: Re-imaging as an international discourse

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1054-1056

  Roberts, Chris ^a   Prideaux, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOTE; STANDARD;

COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77958464790     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03852.x     Document Type: Note

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