The effect of a brief social intervention on the examination results of UK medical students: a cluster randomised controlled trial

The effect of a brief social intervention on the examination results of UK medical students: a cluster randomised controlled trial

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ethnic minority (EM) medical students and doctors underperform academically, but little evidence exists on how to ameliorate the problem. Psychologists Cohen <it>et al</it>. recently demonstrated that a written self-affir...

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Main Authors:	Dacre Jane, Gill Deborah, McManus I Chris, Woolf Katherine
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2009-06-01
Series:	BMC Medical Education
Online Access:	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/9/35

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