Selecting medical students

Jefferson-Lenskyj, Nicholas

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01999.x

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To the Editor: The University of Queensland (UQ) study of medical student selection criteria and academic performance reported by Wilkinson and colleagues1 has shortcomings beyond those pointed out by Powis.2

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

Correspondence: s4114479@student.uq.edu.au

1. Wilkinson D, Zhang J, Byrne GJ, et al. Medical school selection criteria and the prediction of academic performance. Evidence leading to change in policy and practice at the University of Queensland. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 349-354. <MJA full text>
2. Powis DA. Selecting medical students [editorial]. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 323-324. <MJA full text>

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