Identifying themes within a medical school admission committee's reviews of applicants

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 16-20

  Gilliland, William R ^a   Artino, Anthony R ^a   Waechter, Donna M ^a   McManigle, John E ^a   Cruess, David F ^a   Calloway, Margaret ^a   Arze, Bonnie C ^a   Durning, Steven J ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868219772     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-11-00223     Document Type: Article

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