Non-association between Neo-5 personality tests and multiple mini-interview

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-423

  Kulasegaram, Kulamakan ^a   Reiter, Harold I ^a   Wiesner, Willi ^a   Hackett, Richard D ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admissions; Medical school; Multiple mini interview; Neo 5 test; Personality test; Screening test; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77956878757     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-009-9209-8     Document Type: Article

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