title: Medical admissions: a confusing disease.
abstract: It is strictly for admission to undergraduate medical courses. (i) 50% of seats should be reserved for local candidate on merit of HSC, with academic year starting after the HSC results. (ii) 20% of seats should be reserved for candidates coming from rural areas, on the basis of merit at HSC, with academic year starting after HSC results. (iii) 30% of seats to be filled by an all-India competitive examination. The academic year to start 6 months after the HSC results. A ceiling of minimum number of marks and a minimum number of attempts for eligibility to the all-India PMT would make the conduct of such an examination more practical.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, LTMGH, Sion, Bombay.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012423:Rural Health; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012577:Schools, Medical