Factors associated with the academic success of first year Health Science students

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-217

  Mills, Christina ^a   Heyworth, Jane ^a   Rosenwax, Lorna ^b   Carr, Sandra ^a   Rosenberg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic success; First year students; Health science; Linear regression; Logistic regression; Performance; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63949086117     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-008-9103-9     Document Type: Article

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