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Predictive validity of the Biomedical Admissions Test: An evaluation and case study

I. C. McManus University College London, UK; CHRIS MCMANUS, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and Medical Education at University College London, UK.Correspondence[email protected]
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Eamonn Ferguson University of Nottingham, UK; EAMONN FERGUSON, PhD, is a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Nottingham, UK.
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Richard Wakeford University of Cambridge, UK; RICHARD WAKEFORD, MA, is a fellow of Hughes Hall and Affiliated Lecturer in assessment at Cambridge University. He acts as a consultant in assessment to a number of medical Royal Colleges and non-medical bodies, and is Training Programme Director of the Huntingdon GP Vocational Training.
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David Powis University of Newcastle, Australia; DAVID POWIS, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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David James Queens Medical Centre, UK; DAVID JAMES, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Fetomaternal Medicine and was Foundation Director of Medical Education at the University of Nottingham Medical School.
Pages 53-57 | Published online: 23 Dec 2010

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