The Influence of Last Secondary School Attended, Subjects Taken in Last Year of Secondary Education and Gender on Preclinical Performance of Medical Students

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Abstract
Considerable concern has been expressed in both the lay press and educational circles that the Higher School Certificate (HSC) scores used for selection of students into university courses have a systematic bias in favour of ex-pupils of non-government schools and also in favour of males. At the same time, some faculties have been criticised for restricting the Year 12 subjects that can be included in the selection scores. It was found that students from government schools did not perform better at university than did their peers from independent schools with similar HSC results and female students performed no better and no worse than did males with comparable results. However students' performance was significantly influenced by the nature of the subjects in their selection score.

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