Comparison of A level and UKCAT performance in students applying to UK medical and dental schools in 2006: Cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7744, 2010, Pages 461-

  James, David ^a   Yates, Janet ^a   Nicholson, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; GRAMMAR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649204036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c478     Document Type: Article

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