Journal article
Characteristics of first-year students in Canadian medical schools.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The demographic and socioeconomic profile of medical school classes has implications for where people choose to practise and whether they choose to treat certain disadvantaged groups. We aimed to describe the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of first-year Canadian medical students and compare them with those of the Canadian population to determine whether there are groups that are over- or underrepresented. Furthermore, …
Authors
Dhalla IA; Kwong JC; Streiner DL; Baddour RE; Waddell AE; Johnson IL
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 166, No. 8, pp. 1029–1035
Publication Date
April 16, 2002
ISSN
0820-3946