At-risk medical students: Implications of students' voice for the theory and practice of remediation

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1038-1047

  Winston, Kalman ^a   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^c  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMEDIAL TEACHING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77958594185     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03759.x     Document Type: Article

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