Do study strategies predict academic performance in medical school?

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 696-703

  West, Courtney ^a   Sadoski, Mark ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDY SKILLS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEST TAKING SKILLS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79958199592     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03929.x     Document Type: Article

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