Dental education: Evolving student trends

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-64

  Woolfolk, Marilyn W ^a   Price, Shelia S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b West Virginia University School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dental education; Allied dental students; Dental education; Dental hygiene education; Dental students; Diversity; Gender; Minorities; Postdoctoral dental students

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856667658     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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