The impact of preparatory activities on medical school selection outcomes: A cross-sectional survey of applicants to the university of Adelaide medical school in 2007

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Laurence, Caroline O ^a   Zajac, Ian T ^b   Lorimer, Michelle ^a   Turnbull, Deborah A ^a   Sumner, Karen E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Rural Doctors Workforce Agency   (Australia)

Author keywords

Admissions; Equity; Medical school selection; Preparation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84888344684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-159     Document Type: Article

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