Do peer-tutors perform better in examinations? An analysis of medical school final examination results

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 698-704

  Iwata, Kazuya ^a   Furmedge, Daniel S ^a   Sturrock, Alison ^a   Gill, Deborah ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84902075092     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12475     Document Type: Article

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