Effectiveness of medical school admissions criteria in predicting residency ranking four years later

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-64

  Peskun, Christopher ^a,b   Detsky, Allan ^b   Shandling, Maureen ^b  

^a University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

*school admission criteria; *schools, medical; Clinical competence *standards; Education, medical, undergraduate *standards; Internship and residency *standards; Ontario

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ONTARIO; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33845781966     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02647.x     Document Type: Review

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