Who Gets In, and Who Doesn't Selecting Medical Students: An Australian Case Study

Autor/in	Mercer, Annette
Titel	Who Gets In, and Who Doesn't Selecting Medical Students: An Australian Case Study
Quelle	In: Education Research and Perspectives, 36 (2009) 1, S.1-169 (169 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-2543
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Medical Students; Admission Criteria; Case Studies; Undergraduate Students; Educational Change; College Entrance Examinations; Interviews; Scores; Predictive Validity; Equal Education; Access to Education; Problem Solving; Thinking Skills; Clinical Diagnosis; Personality Traits; Aptitude Tests; Educational Trends; Gender Differences; Medical Schools; Mixed Methods Research; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Academic Ability; Student Characteristics; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsreform; Aufnahmeprüfung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Problemlösen; Denkfähigkeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Aptitude test; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Bildungsentwicklung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Medizinische Ausbildung; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	Medicine is a profession with a long history of research and high standards of methodological rigour and evidence-based decision making. These standards are being transferred into medical education. Universities are starting to collect high-quality data on their admissions systems. This has not been a short-term proposition. Medical courses are long and the ultimate aim is to produce effective members of the profession rather than effective medical students, although one must precede the other. Deciding whether selection processes have "worked" is not a question which can be answered quickly. In the past, selection was based on academic merit and, in some cases, a relatively unstructured and informal entry interview. In the last ten years this situation has changed. The reasons for these changes, the nature of the procedures currently employed and the consequences of the changes are explored in this study. Methods of selection of students into the undergraduate medical course at The University of Western Australia (UWA) and the contextual issues surrounding this serve as a case study of modern practice in this complex and often controversial area. This case study develops in detail the issues which precipitated change at UWA, the response of the university to these issues and the methods which were employed to implement change. Non-Australian Universities--An Overview of Selection Processes is appended. An appendix contains a brief description of the selection processes used in the medical schools in the universities of Cambridge (UK), McMaster (Canada), Manchester (UK), Otago (NZ), Harvard (USA) and Auckland (NZ), and some general comments about them. [This issue is devoted to a modified and updated doctoral study on new ways of selecting students for medical school.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	University of Western Australia. 35 Stirling Highway Crawley, Perth, 6009 Australia. Tel: +61-8-6488-2388; Fax: +61-8-6488-1052; e-mail: gse@uwa.edu.au; Web site: http://www.education.uwa.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01