Use of demographic and quantitative admissions data to predict academic difficulty among professional physical therapist students

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1164-1180

  Utzman, Ralph R ^a   Riddle, Daniel L ^b   Jewell, Dianne V ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348922882     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060221     Document Type: Article

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