Predictive validity of the Biomedical Admissions Test: An evaluation and case study

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-57

  McManus, I C ^a   Ferguson, Eamonn ^b   Wakeford, Richard ^c   Powis, David ^d   James, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e Queens Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78650762054     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.525267     Document Type: Article

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