Taking context seriously: Explaining widening access policy enactments in UK medical schools

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-35

  Cleland, Jennifer A ^a   Nicholson, Sandra ^b   Kelly, Narcie ^a   Moffat, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920102531     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12502     Document Type: Article

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