Associations between the big five personality factors and multiple mini-interviews

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-388

  Griffin, B ^a   Wilson, I ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Five factor model; Medical school admissions; Multiple mini interview; Personality testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERSONALITY TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84859875199     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-011-9316-1     Document Type: Article

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