GAMSAT: A 10-year retrospective overview, with detailed analysis of candidates' performance in 2014

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mercer, Annette ^a   Crotty, Brendan ^b   Alldridge, Louise ^c   Le, Luc ^d   Vele, Veronica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aptitude tests; GAMSAT; Medical student selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928714275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0316-3     Document Type: Review

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