Having grown up in an area with a population of less than 11000 was highly predictive of rural practice.
However, lower UMAT-3 percentile scores were still predictive of rural practice even after these considerations were taken into account.
For urban background students, a generalist practice intention, being from lower IRSAD deciles, and both lower academic entry scores and interview scores remained predictive of intention to practice rurally.
In a previous study from our medical school, in an era when selection was based on academic merit alone, in 2 cohorts of students who commenced medical school in 1984 and 1989 respectively, admission scores were not found to be predictive of either rural practice within 4 years of graduation or a generalist vs specialist career choice [ 20].
The small number of practices, and limited number of explanatory variables associated with each practice, meant that whilst practice was predictive of response it was not possible to explore the practice characteristics related to this.
We aimed to examine the prevalence of patients clinically diagnosed with mild-to-moderate AD who do not experience the expected clinically significant cognitive decline and identify markers easily available in routine medical practice predictive of a stable cognitive prognosis in this population.
Hence, if perceived peer pressure was predictive of adherence to good practice criteria, feedback incorporating peer comparison might enhance effectiveness.
Although other measures of comparative model fit, abundant in the SEM literature [ 9], may also be useful to assess various aspects of this important issue, classification performance is a preferred measure of predictive power in practice, particularly if cross-validated.
Instead, the only factor predictive of a higher risk was practicing a specialty that offered front-line access to care.
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