Entry to medical school - The gender question. What has happened?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  O'Flynn, S ^a   Mills, A ^a   Fitzgerald, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POLICY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; STATISTICS;

COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEXISM;

EID: 84878398916     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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