Medical student selection: Which matriculation scores and personality factors are important?

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 604-609

  Chan Ob, Tinnakorn ^a   Boonyanaruthee, Vudhichai ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Achievement; California Psychological Inventory (CPI); Medical Students; Performance; Personality; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PERSONALITY; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THAILAND;

EID: 0033144551     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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