Graduate-entry medical student variables that predict academic and clinical achievement

International Education Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 30-41

  Blackman, Ian ^a   Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Pendidkan Nasional University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Graduate entry; Interview selection; Medical students; Partial least squares analysis; Rasch scaling; Scholastic aptitude; Scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544378410     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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