Professional Identity and Academic Achievement--Considerations for the Admission Process.

Inglehart, Marita; Brown, Donald R.

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Professional Identity and Academic Achievement--Considerations for the Admission Process.

Inglehart, Marita; Brown, Donald R.

Academic Medicine, v65 n9 suppl pS3-4 Sep 1990

Students who accept the goal of becoming physicians early in life because of external pressures appear to have lower academic achievement than students who develop their professional identity because of personal abilities or interests. Data are from students (N=1156) attending the University of Michigan medical school between 1976-81. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Career Choice, College Admission, Decision Making, Higher Education, Interviews, Longitudinal Studies, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Predictive Measurement, Professional Recognition

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