Medical Student Selection

Ian Kratzke; Muneera R Kapadia; Fumiko Egawa; Jennifer S Beaty

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2021.05.010

Medical Student Selection

Surg Clin North Am. 2021 Aug;101(4):635-652. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2021.05.010.

Authors

Ian Kratzke¹, Muneera R Kapadia², Fumiko Egawa³, Jennifer S Beaty⁴

Affiliations

¹ The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Surgery, 4001 Burnett-Womack Building, CB #7050, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7050, USA.
² The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Surgery, 4038 Burnett-Womack Building, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7081, USA.
³ Creighton University, Department of Surgery, Education Building, Ste. 501, 7710 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68124-2386, USA.
⁴ Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 3200 Grand Avenue, #148, Des Moines, IA 50312, USA. Electronic address: Jennifer.Beaty@dmu.edu.

PMID: 34242606
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2021.05.010

Abstract

Medical school admissions committees are tasked with fulfilling the values of their institutions through careful recruitment. Making accurate predictions regarding the enrollment behavior of admitted students is critical to intentionally formulating class composition and impacts long-term physician representation.

Keywords: Admissions; GPA; Interviews; MCAT; Medical schools; Medical students; Personal statement; Selection.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Education, Medical, Undergraduate / standards*
Education, Medical, Undergraduate / statistics & numerical data
Education, Medical, Undergraduate / trends
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Minority Groups / statistics & numerical data
Personality
School Admission Criteria* / statistics & numerical data
School Admission Criteria* / trends
Socioeconomic Factors
Students, Medical / psychology
Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data*
United States
Videoconferencing / trends