Cohort study on predicting grades: Is performance on early MBChB assessments predictive of later undergraduate grades?

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 676-683

  Cleland, Jennifer A ^a   Milne, Andrew ^a   Sinclair, Hazel ^a   Lee, Amanda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate; *students, medical; Adolescent; Adult; Clinical competence *standards; Counselling; Female; Humans; Male; Retrospective studies; Scotland; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 44949233584     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03037.x     Document Type: Article

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