Predicting academic achievement in the medical school with high school grades

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1497-1505

  Iramaneerat, Cherdsak ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

High school grades; Medical school grades; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SCHOOL ADMISSION; THAILAND;

EID: 33749431100     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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