Appraisal of Medical Students' Abilities as Related to Training and Careers after Graduation

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IN 1869 Sir James Paget1 posed the question, "What becomes of medical students?" He introduced his treatise as follows: "It is said that, on entering the anatomical theatre for one of his Introductory Lectures, Mr. Abernethy looked round at the crowd of pupils and exclaimed, as if with painful doubt, 'God help you all! What will become of you?' "Of the thousand British students who were the subjects of Paget's examination, nearly 13 per cent died during pupilage or in the early years of practice. A further 15 per cent "failed entirely" or left the profession. The present study . . .

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