The influence of admissions variables on first year medical school performance: A study from Newcastle University, Australia

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 154-159

  Kay Lambkin, Frances ^a   Pearson, Sallie Anne ^a   Rolfe, Isobel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age factors; Australia; College admission tests; Education medical *methods; Educational measurement; Logistic regresion; Sex; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036172758     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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