Intellectual aptitude tests and A levels for selecting UK school leaver entrants for medical school

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7516, 2005, Pages 555-559

  McManus, I C ^a,b   Powis, David A ^b,c   Wakeford, Richard ^d   Ferguson, Eamonn ^b,e   James, David ^b,e   Richards, Peter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychology and Medical Education ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; APTITUDE TEST; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 24644518931     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.555     Document Type: Review

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