Should applicants to Nottingham University Medical School study a non-science A-level? A cohort study.

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Published in BMC Med Educ on January 21, 2009

Authors

Janet Yates1, Jennifer Smith, David James, Eamonn Ferguson

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Education Unit, B94 Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. janet.yates@nottingham.ac.uk

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