"A chance to show yourself" - How do applicants approach medical school admission essays?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  White, Jonathan S ^a   Lemay, Jean Francois ^b   Brownell, Keith ^b   Lockyer, Jocelyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; STUDY SKILLS; WRITING;

CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TAPE RECORDING; TEST TAKING SKILLS; WRITING;

EID: 80053221639     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.599890     Document Type: Article

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