Voluntary peer-led exam preparation course for international first year students: Tutees’ perceptions
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Voluntary peer-led exam preparation course for international first year students: Tutees’ perceptions
BACKGROUND While the number of international students has increased over the last decade, such students face diverse challenges due to language and cultural barriers. International medical students suffer from personal distress and a lack of support. Their performance is significantly lower than non-international peers in clinical examinations. We investigated whether international students ben...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0391-5