Relating personality to interview results and performance in the first year of the dental course
- 10 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in British Dental Journal
- Vol. 186 (7), 348-352
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4800107
Abstract
Admissions officers aim to select students who will succeed on the course and be suited to a stressful career. Ralationships between admission criteria, interview results, Year 1 results and personality scores are explored. At interview good communicators and those with leadership skills show particular personality traits.Keywords
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