Reliability and Validity of Admissions Tools Used to Select Students for the Health Professions

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-175

  Salvatori, Penny ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Health professions; Literature review; School admission criteria

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CANADA; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 0347083250     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011489618208     Document Type: Article

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