Fran Cousans

752 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 482 citations indexed

About

Fran Cousans is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Gender Studies and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Fran Cousans has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 482 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Gender Studies and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Fran Cousans's work include Medical Education and Admissions (8 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (8 papers) and Diversity and Career in Medicine (4 papers). Fran Cousans is often cited by papers focused on Medical Education and Admissions (8 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (8 papers) and Diversity and Career in Medicine (4 papers). Fran Cousans collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Fran Cousans's co-authors include Fiona Patterson, Sandra Nicholson, Jon Dowell, Alec Knight, Jennifer Cleland, Máire Kerrin, Lara Zibarras, Chris Roberts, Robert G. Hale and Marcia Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as Academic Medicine, Medical Education and BDJ.

In The Last Decade

Fran Cousans

8 papers receiving 467 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

How effective are selection methods in medical education? A systematic review

2015 308 citations Fiona Patterson, Alec Knight et al. Medical Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fran Cousans United Kingdom	7	428	237	68	67	35	8	482
Dana Dunleavy United States	9	324 0.8×	240 1.0×	52 0.8×	48 0.7×	25 0.7×	19	386
Catherine Solow United States	8	280 0.7×	173 0.7×	64 0.9×	20 0.3×	12 0.3×	10	331
Katina Tzanetos Canada	5	242 0.6×	202 0.9×	82 1.2×	27 0.4×	17 0.5×	6	340
Eva Pfarrwaller Switzerland	8	166 0.4×	118 0.5×	108 1.6×	81 1.2×	6 0.2×	15	270
Daniel Smith United Kingdom	9	123 0.3×	91 0.4×	77 1.1×	32 0.5×	15 0.4×	15	228
Anita M. Navarro United States	7	229 0.5×	223 0.9×	70 1.0×	29 0.4×	12 0.3×	9	306
Amie J. Cullimore Canada	8	180 0.4×	73 0.3×	90 1.3×	20 0.3×	8 0.2×	13	289
Joanne P.I. Fokkema Netherlands	11	300 0.7×	44 0.2×	108 1.6×	34 0.5×	10 0.3×	13	376
Michael Kisielewski United States	10	156 0.4×	103 0.4×	61 0.9×	17 0.3×	6 0.2×	40	248
Amanda Kost United States	10	178 0.4×	109 0.5×	119 1.8×	84 1.3×	3 0.1×	31	308

Countries citing papers authored by Fran Cousans

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fran Cousans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fran Cousans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fran Cousans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fran Cousans based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fran Cousans. Fran Cousans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2017). A preliminary investigation to explore the cognitive resources of physicians experiencing difficulty in training. BMC Medical Education. 17(1). 87–87. 3 indexed citations

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Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2017). The Predictive Validity of a Text-Based Situational Judgment Test in Undergraduate Medical and Dental School Admissions. Academic Medicine. 92(9). 1250–1253. 32 indexed citations

3.

Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2017). Using a situational judgement test for selection into dental core training: a preliminary analysis. BDJ. 222(9). 715–719. 6 indexed citations

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Cousans, Fran, et al.. (2017). Evaluating the complementary roles of an SJT and academic assessment for entry into clinical practice. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 22(2). 401–413. 31 indexed citations

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Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2016). The predictive validity of a situational judgement test and multiple-mini interview for entry into postgraduate training in Australia. BMC Medical Education. 16(1). 87–87. 50 indexed citations

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Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2016). The value of situational judgement tests for assessing non-academic attributes in dental selection. BDJ. 220(11). 565–566. 6 indexed citations

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Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2015). Recruiting for values in healthcare: a preliminary review of the evidence. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 21(4). 859–881. 46 indexed citations

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Patterson, Fiona, Alec Knight, Jon Dowell, et al.. (2015). How effective are selection methods in medical education? A systematic review. Medical Education. 50(1). 36–60. 308 indexed citations breakdown →

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