Selecting medical students: Evidence based admissions procedures for medical students are being tested

Science as superstition: selecting medical students.

678 www.thelancet.com Vol 376 August 28, 2010 I entered medical school in 1968, hard on the heels of antiwar demonstrations and civil rights activism. There weren’t many student-activists entering the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) that year. Those few of us quickly sought each other out to set our agenda. High on the list was the need to demand of the Dean of the medical school ...

Multiple mini-interview in selecting medical students.

PURPOSE Selecting medical students through interviews seems difficult and the reliability of the results is one of the major concerns. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and acceptability of the Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) in selecting medical students of Kangwon National University. METHODS Eighty-four applicants participated in the MMI which consists of 3 8-minut...

Are medical students being taught invasive skills using simulation?

INTRODUCTION Basic invasive procedural skills are traditionally taught during clerkships. Using simulation to teach invasive skills provides students the opportunity to practice in a structured environment without risking patient safety. We surveyed incoming interns at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to assess the prevalence of simulation training for invasive and semi-invasive procedural ...

Supporting the well-being of medical students.

Widening access by changing the criteria for selecting medical students

Objective: To review the principles underlying medical student selection from the perspective of the imperatives of widening access policies. Setting: A recent government initiative has increased the number of medical school places in Great Britain. A priority is to widen access to sections of the community hitherto inadequately represented in medical schools, including applicants from disadvan...