Becoming a Physician: The Influence of the Undergraduate Experience.

Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ356939

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Publication Date: 1987

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Becoming a Physician: The Influence of the Undergraduate Experience.

Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others

Research in Higher Education, v26 n2 p180-201 1987

A national sample of college students who initially aspired to be, or later became, physicians was used to determine the influence of precollege characteristics, college origins, and the academic and social experience of college. Major effects on attainment were college characteristics and academic experience. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Medical Education, Models, National Surveys, Physicians, Premedical Students, Student Characteristics, Student Experience, Undergraduate Study

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