Relating personality to interview results and performance in the first year of the dental course

British Dental Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 348-352

  Hoad Reddick, G ^a   Macfarlane, T V ^a   Gibson, V M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 0033541329     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800107     Document Type: Article

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