Holiday review. Rainy weather and medical school admission interviews.
Mood can influence behaviour and consumer choice in diverse settings. We found that such cognitive influences extend to candidate admission interviews at a Canadian medical school. We suggest that an awareness of this fallibility might lead to more reasonable medical school admission practices.
Redelmeier
Donald A
DA
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. dar@ices.on.ca
Baxter
Simon D
SD
D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011891:Rain; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012577:Schools, Medical