Can personal qualities of medical students predict in-course examination success and professional behaviour? An exploratory prospective cohort study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Adam, Jane ^a   Bore, Miles ^b   McKendree, Jean ^a   Munro, Don ^b   Powis, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE TESTS; CHARACTER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84864538656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-69     Document Type: Article

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