The hidden medical school: A longitudinal study of how social networks form, and how they relate to academic performance

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 577-586

  Woolf, Katherine ^a   Potts, Henry W W ^b   Patel, Shalini ^a   McManus, I Chris ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84863450945     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.669082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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