The effect of a short integrated study skills programme for first-year medical students at risk of failure: A randomised controlled trial

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-126

  Stegers Jager, Karen M ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^b   Themmen, Axel P N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STUDY SKILLS;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEST TAKING SKILLS;

EID: 84874143810     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.733836     Document Type: Article

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