Can the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) select suitable candidates for interview?

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1041-1047

  Turner, Rebecca ^a   Nicholson, Sandra ^b  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

APTITUDE TESTS; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80052841108     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03993.x     Document Type: Article

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