Relationship of osteopathic medical licensure examinations with undergraduate admission measures and predictive value of identifying future performance in osteopathic principles and practice/osteopathic manipulative medicine courses and rotations

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 615-620

  Meoli, Frederick G ^a   Wallace, Warren S ^a   Kaiser Smith, Joanne ^a   Shen, Linjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive Medical Licensing Examination USA COMLEX USA ; Examination of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners NBOME ; Medical College Aptitude Test MCAT ; Medical licensure and board certification; Osteopathic medical education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LICENCE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036854813     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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