Use of UKCAT scores in student selection by UK medical schools, 2006-2010
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Use of UKCAT scores in student selection by UK medical schools, 2006-2010
BACKGROUND The United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) is a set of cognitive tests introduced in 2006, taken annually before application to medical school. The UKCAT is a test of aptitude and not acquired knowledge and as such the results give medical schools a standardised and objective tool that all schools could use to assist their decision making in selection, and so provide a fairer ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-98