Is embellishing UCAS personal statements accepted practice in applications to medicine and dentistry?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 599-603

  Kumwenda, Ben ^a   Dowell, Jon ^a   Husbands, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRAUD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAUD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAGIARISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SELF DISCLOSURE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84880051396     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.798402     Document Type: Article

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