Clinical assessment performance of graduate- and undergraduate-entry medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-171

  Reid, Katharine J ^a   Dodds, Agnes E ^a   McColl, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856418133     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.644825     Document Type: Article

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