Medical educators' social acts of explaining passing underperformance in students: A qualitative study

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-252

  Monrouxe, Lynn V ^a   Rees, Charlotte E ^b   Lewis, Natalie J ^c   Cleland, Jennifer A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Aberdeen ^*

Author keywords

Behavioural explanations; Medical education; Medical students; Passing underperformance; Qualitative content analysis; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953252028     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9259-y     Document Type: Article

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