Entry tests for graduate medical programs:  is it time to re-think?

Parker, Malcolm H; Wilkinson, David; Peterson, Ray G; Ozolins, Ieva Z; Luke, Haida; Zhang, Jenny; Byrne, Gerard J A

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01227.x

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To the Editor: We are concerned about aspects of the study of selection predictors of medical school performance in Australian medical schools by Groves et al,1 and how they may be interpreted.

School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.

Correspondence: m.parker@uq.edu.au

1. Groves MA, Gordon J, Ryan G. Entry tests for graduate medical programs: is it time to re-think? Med J Aust 2007; 186: 120-123. <MJA full text>
2. Papadakis MA, Teherani A, Banach MA, et al. Disciplinary action by medical boards and prior behaviour in medical school. N Engl J Med 2005; 353: 2673-2682.

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