Selection for Medical School

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Selection tools and student diversity in health professions education: a multi-site study

“…We acknowledge the desire to apply school-specific selection procedures, as selection procedures that align their contents with the curriculum can have high predictive value (Schreurs et al, 2020). Simultaneously, this creates a responsibility for programs to evaluate different aspects of the validity of their selection procedure, including adverse impact (Schreurs, 2020). Additionally, programs could consider validating their tools with diverse norming groups (Padilla & Borsato, 2008).…”

Applicant perceptions of selection methods for health professions education: Rationales and subgroup differences

“…Likewise, the findings of the present study suggest that the inclusion of curriculum‐sampling tests can attract more applicants with a non‐Western background, but we found in a submitted study that this subgroup of applicants performs less well on such tests 34 . Thus, when deciding which selection methods to include, applicant perceptions can be taken into account, while also considering other aspects of validity in a broad sense 35 . Nevertheless, our findings can help identify which selection methods are less attractive and require better explanation 2 .…”

“… 34 Thus, when deciding which selection methods to include, applicant perceptions can be taken into account, while also considering other aspects of validity in a broad sense. 35 Nevertheless, our findings can help identify which selection methods are less attractive and require better explanation. 2 Clear and transparent communication about selection methods may improve applicant perceptions, especially in the case of broadened criteria that are perceived as more ‘subjective’ and for which perceptions were sometimes based on inaccurate information.…”

Rationales for a Lottery Among the Qualified to Select Medical Trainees: Decades of Dutch Experience

“…Five doctoral dissertations completed from 2016 to 2020 (most by government-subsidized researchers) and numerous publications show mixed results. [18][19][20][21][22] Although there is some indication that students who chose to be admitted through selection criteria performed somewhat better in medical school than those admitted through a lottery, the results are generally inconclusive. No differences among students after graduation from medical school have been reported.…”