The effect of undergraduate GPA selectivity adjustment on pre-interview ranking of rural medical school applicants

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Gilbert, Gregory Eastham ^a   Blue, Amy Victoria ^b   Basco Jr , William Thomas ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037347126     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2003.tb00547.x     Document Type: Article

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