Psychometric properties of the multiple mini-interview used for medical admissions: Findings from generalizability and Rasch analyses

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-84

  Sebok, Stefanie S ^a   Luu, King ^a   Klinger, Don A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

G theory; Medical admissions; Multiple mini interview; Rasch measurement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANADA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; CANADA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84893969502     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-013-9463-7     Document Type: Article

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