Medical student selection process and its pre-admission scores association with the new students' academic performance in universiti sains Malaysia

International Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-333

  Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri ^a   Rahim, Ahmad Fuad Abdul ^a   Baba, Abdul Aziz ^b   Esa, Ab Rahman ^a  

^a Medical Education Department   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Medical students; Medicine; Student selection; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL ADMISSION; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 83655202722     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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