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Dropping out of medical school in the UK : explaining changes over 10 years

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Arulampalam, Wiji, Naylor, Robin Andrew, 1959- and Smith, Jeremy (Jeremy P.). (2007) Dropping out of medical school in the UK : explaining changes over 10 years. Medical Education, Vol.41 (No.4). pp. 385-394. ISSN 0308-0110

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2007.02710.x

Abstract

For the 1990-92 and 1998-2000 cohorts we find the probability of dropping out of medical school is lower for students (i) with better prior qualifications, (ii) with a parent who is a doctor, (iii) living on campus.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Medical education -- Great Britain, Dropouts -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	Medical Education
Publisher:	Blackwells
ISSN:	0308-0110
Date:	2007
Volume:	Vol.41
Number:	No.4
Page Range:	pp. 385-394
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1365-2929.2007.02710.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	RES-000-22-0303
Related URLs:	http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf...
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/14