The fairness, predictive validity and acceptability of multiple mini interview in an internationally diverse student population-a mixed methods study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kelly, Maureen E ^a   Dowell, Jon ^b   Husbands, Adrian ^b   Newell, John ^a   O'Flynn, Siun ^c   Kropmans, Thomas ^a   Dunne, Fidelma P ^a   Murphy, Andrew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Culture; International students; Language; Mixed methods; Multiple mini interview; Recommendations; Selection; Stakeholder views

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; JUSTICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPEECH; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; LANGUAGE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964316141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-014-0267-0     Document Type: Article

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