- Title
- A comprehensive model for the selection of medical students
- Creator
- Bore, Miles; Munro, Donald; Powis, David
- Relation
- Medical Teacher Vol. 31, Issue 12, p. 1066-1072
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01421590903095510
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Background: Medical schools have a need to select their students from an excess of applicants. Selection procedures have evolved piecemeal: Academic thresholds have risen, written tests have been incorporated and interview protocols are developed. Aim: To develop and offer for critical review and, ultimately, present for adoption by medical schools, an evidence-based and defensible model for medical student selection. Methods: We have described here a comprehensive model for selecting medical students which is grounded on the theoretical and empirical selection and assessment literature, and has been shaped by our own research and experience. Results: The model includes the following selection criteria: Informed self-selection, academic achievement, general cognitive ability (GCA) and aspects of personality and interpersonal skills. A psychometrically robust procedure by which cognitive and noncognitive test scores can be used to make selection decisions is described. Using de-identified data (n=1000) from actual selection procedures, we demonstrate how the model and the procedure can be used in practice. Conclusion: The model presented is based on a currently best-practice approach and uses measures and methods that maximise the probability of making accurate, fair and defensible selection decisions.
- Subject
- medical students; medical schools; selection procedures; model
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/806744
- Identifier
- uon:7199
- Identifier
- ISSN:0142-159X
- Language
- eng
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