Association between a medical school admission process using the multiple mini-interview and national licensing examination scores

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2233-2240

  Eva, Kevin W ^a   Reiter, Harold I ^b   Rosenfeld, Jack ^c   Trinh, Kien ^b   Wood, Timothy J ^d   Norman, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE MINI INTERVIEW; NATIONAL LICENSING EXAMINATION SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84870482321     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.36914     Document Type: Article

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