title: Selection of medical students--effect on class composition of using non-academic criteria.
abstract: The attributes of 2,304 applicants for admission to the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School were analysed. Those measured by previous academic performance, biographical history and assessment at interview were significantly different. Inclusion of non-academic criteria in admission decisions broadens the personal attributes of the class, and alters the ethnic and gender composition, without affecting subsequent failure rate.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the Study of Medical Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haupt
mesh_terms: D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013019:South Africa; D013337:Students, Medical