Selecting medical students: An unresolved challenge

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 252-260

  Powis, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MORALS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922697278     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.993600     Document Type: Review

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