UK medical selection: lottery or meritocracy?

UK medical selection: lottery or meritocracy? Clin Med. 2015 Feb;15(1):40-6 Authors: Harris BH, Walsh JL, Lammy S Abstract From senior school through to consultancy, a plethora of assessments shape medical careers. Multiple methods of assessment are used to discriminate between applicants. Medical selection in the UK appears to be moving increasingly towards non-knowledge-based testing at all career stages. We review the evidence for non-knowledge-based tests and discuss their perceived benefits. We raise the question: is the current use of non-knowledge-based tests within the UK at risk of undermining more robust measures of medical school and postgraduate performance? PMID: 25650197 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Medicine - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Clin Med Source Type: research