Can multiple mini interviews work in an Irish setting? A feasibility study

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Kelly, Maureen E ^a   Dowell, Jon ^b   Husbands, Adrian ^b   Kropmans, Thomas ^a   Jackson, Aoife E ^d   Dunne, Fidelma ^a   O'Flynn, Siun ^c   Newell, John ^a   Murphy, Andrew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d NONE

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