Selecting medical students

Arnold, Peter C

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02000.x

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To the Editor: The article by Wilkinson and colleagues1 and the accompanying editorial by Powis2 remind me of the medieval debate about the number of angels who could dance on the head of a pin.

Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: parnold@ozemail.com.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>
3. Ferguson E, James D, Madeley L. Factors associated with success in medical school: systematic review of the literature. BMJ 2002; 324: 952-957.
4. Goldbeck-Wood S. Choosing tomorrow’s doctors [editorial]. BMJ 1996; 313: 313.

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