Interest and Involvement in Research During Medical School: a Global Comparison of Students at High- and Low-Income Universities

Medical Science Educator

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-73

  Salloum, Rony H ^a   Nazha, Bassel ^a   Zgheib, Nathalie K ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers; International; Involvement; Knowledge; Medical students; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028233668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21568650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-014-0019-0     Document Type: Review

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