How well do selection tools predict performance later in a medical programme?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 615-626

  Shulruf, Boaz ^a   Poole, Phillippa ^a   Wang, Grace Ying ^a   Rudland, Joy ^b   Wilkinson, Tim ^c  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Admission criteria; GPA; Interviews; Medical programme; Student selection; UMAT

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84868698656     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-011-9324-1     Document Type: Article

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