Predicting academic outcomes in an Australian graduate entry medical programme

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Puddey, Ian B ^a   Mercer, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894620295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-31     Document Type: Article

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