Faking good: Self-enhancement in medical school applicants

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 485-490

  Griffin, Barbara ^a   Wilson, Ian G ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

APTITUDE TESTS; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84860232513     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04208.x     Document Type: Article

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