Reasons selectors give for accepting and rejecting medical applicants before interview

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-307

  Turner, Rebecca ^a   Nicholson, Sandra ^b  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79551666604     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03874.x     Document Type: Article

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