General practitioners' perspectives on revised entry and selection methods to medicine and the HPAT

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Dennehy, Thomas ^a   Kelly, Maureen ^a   O'Flynn, Siun ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROFESSIONS ADMISSION TEST; HUMAN; LEAVING CERTIFICATE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IRELAND; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876230718     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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