Navigating in the fog of medical school admissions data

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 627-629

  McLaughlin, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84868685502     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9385-9     Document Type: Note

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