The predictive validity of the MCAT exam in relation to academic performance through medical school: A lof 2001-2004 matriculants

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 666-671

  Dunleavy, Dana M ^a   Kroopnick, Marc H ^a   Dowd, Keith W ^a   Searcy, Cynthia A ^a   Zhao, Xiaohui ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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EID: 84878942725     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182864299     Document Type: Article

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