"What do they want me to say?" the hidden curriculum at work in the medical school selection process: A qualitative study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  White, Jonathan ^a   Brownell, Keith ^b   Lemay, Jean Francois ^c   Lockyer, Jocelyn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admissions; Conforming; Hidden curriculum; Medical school selection; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCEPT FORMATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WRITING;

ALBERTA; CONCEPT FORMATION; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; WRITING;

EID: 84863418662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-17     Document Type: Article

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