The educational background and qualifications of UK medical students from ethnic minorities
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The educational background and qualifications of UK medical students from ethnic minorities
BACKGROUND UK medical students and doctors from ethnic minorities underperform in undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. Although it is assumed that white (W) and non-white (NW) students enter medical school with similar qualifications, neither the qualifications of NW students, nor their educational background have been looked at in detail. This study uses two large-scale databases to ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-21