Predictive validity of the undergraduate medicine and health sciences admission test for medical students' academic performance

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 341-344

  Wilkinson, David ^a   Zhang, Jianzhen ^a   Parker, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNDERGRADUATE MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES ADMISSION TEST;

EID: 79955492793     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03002.x     Document Type: Article

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