The Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences Admissions Test: What is it measuring?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 727-730

  Griffin, Barbara ^a   Carless, Sally ^b   Wilson, Ian ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84883039338     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.801945     Document Type: Article

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