Multiple mini-interviews: Opinions of candidates and interviewers

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-213

  Humphrey, Sarah ^a   Dowson, Simon ^b   Wall, David ^c   Diwakar, Vinod ^b   Goodyear, Helen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c West Midlands Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*attitude of health personnel; *education, medical, graduate; Consultants; Female; Humans; Interviews; Male; Medical staff, hospital *psychology; Paediatrics *education; School admission criteria; Schools, medical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE MINI INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSULTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 38349127583     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02972.x     Document Type: Article

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