Reducing the impact of coaching on selection into medicine

Barbara Griffin; Wendy C. Y. Hu

doi:10.5694/mja15.00891

Reducing the impact of coaching on selection into medicine

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Coaching to enter medical school first attracted research attention in 2008. Results indicated that just over half of those shortlisted for interview had received commercial coaching for the Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences Admissions Test (UMAT), which is used to select interview candidates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	363-363
Number of pages	1
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	203
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00891
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

admission
interviews
medical colleges
medical students

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Reducing the impact of coaching on selection into medicine

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