Aptitude, achievement and competence in medicine: A latent variable path model

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-366

  Collin, V Terri ^a   Violato, Claudio ^b   Hecker, Kent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Latent variable path analyses; MCAT; Medical school performance; Predicative validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949088197     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-008-9121-7     Document Type: Article

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