When did they leave, and why? A retrospective case study of attrition on the Nottingham undergraduate medical course

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yates, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84862317504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-43     Document Type: Article

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