Shaping the future medical workforce: Take care with selection tools

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-275

  Poole, Phillippa ^a   Shulruf, Boaz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive tests; General practice; Health workforce; Medical student career choice; Selection; UMAT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CAREER CHOICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW ZEALAND; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84888814609     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc13269     Document Type: Article

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