Profiling strugglers in a graduate-entry medicine course at Nottingham: a retrospective case study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>10-15% of students struggle at some point in their medicine course. Risk factors include weaker academic qualifications, male gender, mental illness, UK ethnic minority status, and poor study skills. Recent research on an undergradua...

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Main Authors: Garrud Paul, Yates Janet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/12/124