Reexamination of Relationships between Students' Undergraduate Majors, Medical School Performances, and Career Plans at Jefferson Medical College.

Ashikawa, Hidemichi; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ431456

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Publication Date: 1991

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Reexamination of Relationships between Students' Undergraduate Majors, Medical School Performances, and Career Plans at Jefferson Medical College.

Ashikawa, Hidemichi; And Others

Academic Medicine, v66 n8 p458-64 Aug 1991

A study of 812 students entering Thomas Jefferson University (Pennsylvania) medical college in 1985-88 found students' basic sciences performance in medical school was the same for all undergraduate major groups. The groups had similar rates for delayed graduation, but attrition was highest for humanities graduates. Career plans and estimated incomes also differed. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Majors (Students), Medical Education, Medical Students, Occupational Aspiration, Professional Education, School Surveys, Student Attrition, Student Characteristics, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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