The ability of the pre-admission criteria to predict performance in a Saudi medical school

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 560-564

  Al Rukban, Mohammad O ^a   Munshi, Fadi M ^b   Abdulghani, Hamza M ^a   Al Hoqail, Ibrahim ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT TEST; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PREDICTION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL ADMISSION; ADULT; EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; APTITUDE TESTS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77954064433     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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