A review of the acculturation experiences of international students

RA Smith, NG Khawaja - International Journal of intercultural relations, 2011 - Elsevier
Universities in Western countries host a substantial number of international students. These
students bring a range of benefits to the host country and in return the students gain higher …

International students in English-speaking universities: Adjustment factors

MS Andrade - Journal of Research in International …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
International students in institutions of higher education in English-speaking countries make
valuable educational and economic contributions. For these benefits to continue …

Faculty development: yesterday, today and tomorrow

M McLean, F Cilliers, JM Van Wyk - Medical teacher, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Medical education has evolved to become a discipline in its own right. With demands on
medical faculties to be socially responsible and accountable, there is now increasing …

Bridging the gap: the roles of social capital and ethnicity in medical student achievement

S Vaughan, T Sanders, N Crossley, P O'Neill… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Within medical education, there is a discrepancy between the achievement level
of White students and that of their ethnic minority peers. The processes underlying this …

Predicting the “strugglers”: a case-control study of students at Nottingham University Medical School

J Yates, D James - Bmj, 2006 - bmj.com
Objective To identify potential predictors of undergraduate students who struggle during
their medical training. Design Case-control study. Cases were students who had …

Breastfeeding and Australian GP registrars—their knowledge and attitudes

W Brodribb, A Fallon, C Jackson… - Journal of Human …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to identify the breastfeeding attitudes and knowledge of a sample
of Australian general practice (GP) registrars and investigate how confident and effective …

The mediators of minority ethnic underperformance in final medical school examinations

K Woolf, IC McManus, HWW Potts… - British Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background. UK‐trained medical students and doctors from minority ethnic groups
underperform academically. It is unclear why this problem exists, which makes it difficult to …

Sociodemographic backgrounds and career decisions of Australian and New Zealand dental students

RJ Mariño, MV Morgan, T Winning… - Journal of Dental …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes the sociodemographic and career selection characteristics of dental
students in Australia and New Zealand. A total of 672 dental students participated in the …

International medical students' expectations and worries at the beginning of their medical education: a qualitative focus group study

D Huhn, J Huber, FM Ippen, W Eckart, F Junne… - BMC medical …, 2016 - Springer
Background The number of international students has increased substantially within the last
decade. Due to cultural barriers, this specific group faces diverse challenges. In comparison …

Global paradigm shift in medical education: issues of concern for Africa

ID Gukas - Medical teacher, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: When medical education became established in Africa, many curricula were
adopted from the West so as to achieve comparable standards in training. Over the last half …