Graduate entry to medical school? Testing some assumptions

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 778-786

  Rolfe, I E ^a,b   Ringland, C ^a   Pearson, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

*college admission tests; Australia; Cross sectional study; Education, medical *methods; Educational measurement *standards

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 3142667503     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01891.x     Document Type: Review

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