Do changing medical admissions practices in the UK impact on who is admitted? An interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical admissions must balance two potentially competing missions: to select those who will be successful medical students and clinicians and to increase the diversity of the medical school population and workforce. Many countries address this dilemma by reducing the heavy reliance on prior educational attainment, complementing this with other selection tools. However, evidence to what extent this shift in practice has actually widened access is conflicting.

Aim

To examine if changes in medical school selection processes significantly impact on the composition of the student population.

Design and setting

Observational study of medical students from 18 UK 5-year medical programmes who took the UK Clinical Aptitude Test from 2007 to 2014; detailed analysi

SUBMITTER: Fielding S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194474 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature