Is the ASVAB ST composite score a reliable predictor of first-attempt graduation for the U.S. Army operating room specialist course?
The U.S. Army Operating Room Specialist (68D) Course provides first class medical technician training to U.S. Army enlisted soldiers of the Army Medical Command. With a failure rate of approximately 12% over a 2-year period, this study was commissioned to determine whether the Armed Services Vocatio...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 177; no. 11; pp. 1352 - 1359 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2012
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