The ability of 'non-cognitive' traits to predict undergraduate performance in medical schools: a national linkage study.

BMC Med Educ · 2018 · PMC5934850 · PMID 29724213

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There was a trend of borderline significance ( p = 0.05) for such students to be ranked higher in OSCEs (average of 7.5% or 25 out of 335, p = 0.049).

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