Context Selection methods used by medical schools should reliably identify whether
candidates are likely to be successful in medical training and ultimately become competent …

Predicted workforce shortages have resulted in government initiatives to increase student
numbers in preregistration nursing education. In tandem schools of nursing need to ensure …

ContextPoor patient-physician communication increases the risk of patient complaints and
malpractice claims. To address this problem, licensure assessment has been reformed in …

Assessment for selection in medicine and the health professions should follow the same
quality assurance processes as in-course assessment. The literature on selection is limited …

Objectives: There are currently no guidelines on the most effective ways of supporting
medical students to develop high standards of medical professionalism. The aim of this …

Context There is considerable interest in the attributes other than cognitive ability that
medical students need in order to be professionally successful, with a particular focus on …

In a paradigm of physician performance we propose that both “cognitive” and “noncognitive”
components contribute to the performance of physicians-in-training and in-practice. Our …

Introduction: This study is based on the metaphor of the'rural pipeline'into medical practice.
The four stages of the rural pipeline are:(1) contact between rural secondary schools and the …

Background The motivational and other factors used by medical students in making their
career choices for specific medical specialities have been looked at in a number of studies …

Executive summary This work was commissioned to examine the available evidence on a)
the effectiveness of different methods used by medical schools to select students, and b) the …