Medical school selection: Impact of dysfunctional tendencies on academic performance

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-368

  Knights, Janice A ^a   Kennedy, Barbara J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

*Education, medical, undergraduate; *Educational measurement; *School admission criteria; *Schools, medical; Adolescent; Adult; Australia; Female; Humans; Male; Personality disorders *psychology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34147164583     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2007.02707.x     Document Type: Article

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