Prediction of student performance on the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination Level I based on admission data and course performance

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 84-90

  Cope, Michael K ^a   Baker, Helen H ^b   Fisk, Robert ^b   Gorby, John N ^b   Foster, Robert W ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0347239781     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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