Widening access to UK medical education for under-represented socioeconomic groups: Modelling the impact of the UKCAT in the 2009 cohort

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7853, 2012, Pages

  Tiffin, Paul A ^a   Dowell, Jonathan S ^b   McLachlan, John C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84860014573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1805     Document Type: Article

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