Population-based longitudinal analyses of offer likelihood in UK medical schools: 1996-2012

Medical Education

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 612-623

  Mathers, Jonathan ^a   Sitch, Alice ^a   Parry, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MODEL; OCCUPATION; ODDS RATIO; STUDENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84969262738     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12981     Document Type: Article

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