Generalisability of a composite student selection programme

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-65

  O'Neill, Lotte D ^a   Korsholm, Lars ^a   Wallstedt, Birgitta ^a   Eika, Berit ^b   Hartvigsen, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

*Cognition; *School admission criteria; *Schools, medical; Communication; Denmark; Education, medical, undergraduate; Educational measurement; Motivation; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SCHOOL ADMISSION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

DENMARK; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 58149097414     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03247.x     Document Type: Article

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