Exploring Predictor Variables of Medical Students' Performance in the Exit Examination.
Introduction: Medical students at the University of Malaya (UM) sit for professional examinations at the end of each phase. The purpose of this study was to examine if students' performance in the earlier professional examinations (Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3A) could predict their performance in th...
| Publicado en: | International Medical Journal Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 381 - 386 |
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Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation
Oct2017
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