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“The biggest barrier was my own self”: the role of social comparison in non-traditional students’ journey to medicine

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volume 9 (2020): Issue 3

By: Rachel Ball, Kirsty Alexander and Jennifer Cleland

Open Access

|Apr 2020

Authors

Rachel Ball

info@ubiquitypress.com

School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen

Kirsty Alexander

k.alexander@ucl.ac.uk

Research Department for Medical Education (RDME), UCL Medical School, University College London

Jennifer Cleland

jennifer.cleland@ntu.edu.sg

Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation (CHERI), Institute for Education in Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Aberdeen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/S40037-020-00580-6 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X

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Language: English

Published on: Apr 22, 2020

Published by: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Widening access,

Widening participation,

Medical school,

Social comparison,

Non-traditional

© 2020 Rachel Ball, Kirsty Alexander, Jennifer Cleland, published by Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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