Redesigning the MCAT exam: Balancing multiple perspectives

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 560-567

  Schwartzstein, Richard M ^a   Rosenfeld, Gary C ^b   Hilborn, Robert ^c,d   Oyewole, Saundra Herndon ^e   Mitchell, Karen ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c American Association of Physics Teachers   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e Trinity Washington University   (United States)

^f ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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EID: 84878931671     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828c4ae0     Document Type: Review

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