Selecting the future doctors: the role of graduate medical programmes.
Graduate-entry medical programmes have been introduced in many Australian states. This has coincided with the introduction of learner-centred, problem-orientated medical courses and has resulted in a need to develop new selection pathways. Medical schools have complemented their primary selection tool of academic performance with tests of personal attributes considered important in future doctors. Schools with graduate-entry programmes now employ a combination of the results of the applicant's undergraduate degree, a semistructured interview and a psychometric test (the Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test) to select students. Rationale for the change to graduate entry and the outcomes of this change will be discussed.
Elliott
S L
SL
Faculty Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. s.elliot@unimelb.edu.au
Epstein
J
J
D001315:Australia; D002321:Career Choice; D003099:College Admission Test; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection; D013337:Students, Medical