Medical student selection: Choice of a semi-structured panel interview or an unstructured one-on-one interview

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 499-503

  Courneya, Carol Ann ^a   Wright, Kristin ^a   Frinton, Vera ^a   Mak, Edwin ^a   Schulzer, Michael ^a   Pachev, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CANADA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 27744433002     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500087340     Document Type: Article

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