An evaluation of the impact of country of primary medical qualification on performance in the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists' examinations

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 938-940

  Watmough, Simon ^a   Bowhay, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 80155135540     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.588736     Document Type: Article

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