Admission criteria to Saudi medical schools: Which is the best predictor for successful achievement?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1222-1226

  Albishri, Jamal A ^a   Aly, Syed M ^a   Alnemary, Yasir ^a  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL ADMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACHIEVEMENT; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84871855486     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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