Equity in interviews: Do personal characteristics impact on admission interview scores?

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1077-1083

  Lumb, Andrew B ^a   Homer, Matthew ^a   Miller, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SELECTION BIAS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77958475394     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03771.x     Document Type: Article

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