Academic dismissal policy for medical students: Effect on study progress and help-seeking behaviour

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 987-994

  Stegers Jager, Karen M ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^b   Splinter, Ted A W ^a   Themmen, Axel P N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STUDENT; TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052833886     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04004.x     Document Type: Article

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