Medical school application interview score has limited predictive validity for performance on a fourth year clinical practice examination

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-162

  Basco Jr , William T ^a   Lancaster, Carol J ^a   Gilbert, Gregory E ^a   Carey, Maura E ^a   Blue, Amy V ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission interview; Clinical practice examination; Interpersonal skills; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 42149137335     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-006-9031-5     Document Type: Article

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