To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Griffin and colleagues,1 which provides valuable insight into the practice effects of coaching on medical school selection tests.
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- 1 Adelaide Medical Students’ Society, Adelaide, SA.
- 2 Australian Medical Students’ Association, Adelaide, SA.
Correspondence: president@amss.org.au
- 1. Griffin B, Harding DW, Wilson IG, Yeomans ND. Does practice make perfect? The effect of coaching and retesting on selection tests used for admission to an Australian medical school. Med J Aust 2008; 189: 270-273. <MJA full text>
- 2. Ferguson E, James D, Madeley L. Factors associated with success in medical school: systematic review of the literature. BMJ 2002; 324: 952-957.
- 3. Story M, Mercer A. Selection of medical students: an Australian perspective. Intern Med J 2005; 35: 647-649.
- 4. The results of the 2006 AMSA Medical Education Survey. Panacea 2006; 40: 20-22.
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