Validity of four approaches of using repeaters' MCAT scores in medical school admissions to predict USMLE step 1 total scores

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Xiaohui ^a   Oppler, Scott ^a   Dunleavy, Dana ^a   Kroopnick, Marc ^a  

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EID: 77958471368     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ed38fc     Document Type: Article

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