Qualitative variables in medical school admission
Open Access
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Academic Medicine
- Vol. 65 (3) , 145-9
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-199003000-00004
Abstract
Personal qualities, character traits, life experience, and adaptive capacities are all associated with effective professional life and work. Despite widespread acknowledgement that qualitative factors are crucial for success as a medical student and physician, the variables are rarely measured or considered when medical schools reach decisions about student admission. This essay examines the qualitative variables that medical school admission committees might consider when filling their classes, and it offers recommendations about using qualitative data for admission decisions. It concludes with an agenda for research on medical school admission.Keywords
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