Demographic attributes and knowledge acquisition among graduate-entry medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-138

  Finucane, Paul ^a   Flannery, Denise ^a   Mcgrath, Deirdre ^a   Saunders, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84874127682     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.733833     Document Type: Article

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