Core personal competencies important to entering students' success in medical school: What are they and how could they be assessed early in the admission process?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 603-613

  Koenig, Thomas W ^a   Parrish, Samuel K ^b   Terregino, Carol A ^c   Williams, Joy P ^d   Dunleavy, Dana M ^e   Volsch, Joseph M ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Quinnipiac University   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^f Stakeholder Research and Insights   (United States)

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EID: 84878945430     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828b3389     Document Type: Article

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