Establishing the criterion validity of the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 999-1006

  Coates, Hamish ^a,b  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

*education, medical, graduate; *school admission criteria; *school, medical; Adult; Educational status; Female; Humans; Male; Middle aged; Multicentre study publication type ; Validation studies publication type

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; VALIDITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TESTS; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 51649094113     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03154.x     Document Type: Article

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