A longitudinal study of the impact of interviews on medical school admissions in Taiwan

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-163

  Fan, A P ^a   Tsai, T C ^b   Su, T P ^a   Kosik, R O ^a   Morisky, D E ^c   Chen, C H ^a   Shih, W J ^a   Lee, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization of medicine; Interview; Medical school admissions; Noncognitive traits; Socioeconomic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954753876     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710361920     Document Type: Article

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