Enhanced research assessment performance in graduate vs. undergraduate-entry medical students: Implications for recruitment into academic medicine

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 735-741

  Duggan, E M ^a   O'Tuathaigh, C M P ^a   Horgan, M ^a   O'Flynn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAREER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORTH AMERICAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; AGE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; IRELAND; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84906829781     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu064     Document Type: Article

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