Evaluation of the effect of socio-economic status on performance in a Multiple Mini Interview for admission to medical school

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-63

  Taylor, Celia A ^a   Green, Kathryn E ^a   Spruce, Austen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84919683237     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.923562     Document Type: Article

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