School-leaver (Direct-Entry) Programme: Students are selected based on a combination of the results of a State examination (Leaving Certificate Examination) usually taken at around the age of 18, combined with the results of an aptitude test (Health Professionals Admissions Test) [2].
Only one, the Kungsholmen project, used the standardised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders [DSM] criteria, (the [DSM-III-R]) supplemented with information from clinical examination, death certificates and medical records [ 19].
HPAT-Ireland = Health professions admissions test; LCE = Leaving certificate examination; OSCE = Objective Structured Clinical Examination; MCQ = Multiple choice questions; Total = Total scores (i.e., Communication and Clinical elements combined); n/a = not applicable ie there is no result for this test in the corresponding year.
EU student selection data comprised school exit exam (predominately Leaving Certificate Examination-LCE) and HPAT-Ireland score.
All data (health examinations, death certificates and autopsy reports when available) were reviewed to confirm the first-ever stroke.
Data collected were gender, HPAT-Ireland total and subsection scores; Leaving Certificate Examination plus HPAT-Ireland combined score, Year 1 Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) scores (Total score, communication and clinical subtest scores), Year 1 Multiple Choice Questions and Year 2 OSCE and subset scores.
Takala and Kaftandjieva (2000) modified the Rasch model to investigate DIF on the vocabulary section of Finnish Foreign Language Certificate Examination.
His schooling was unsuccessful however, and he failed his Fiji Junior Certificate Examination (tenth year) in 1984.
The examinations taken at age 16 are the Secondary Education Certificate SECC) exams, which have operated since 1994, before which the GCE Ordinary Level was used as a secondary certificate examination.
