The BioMedical admissions test for medical student selection: Issues of fairness and bias

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-71

  Emery, Joanne L ^a   Bell, John F ^a   Vidal Rodeiro, Carmen L ^a  

^a University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SELECTION BIAS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78650796096     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.528811     Document Type: Article

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