| Title |
What should we be selecting for? A systematic approach for determining which personal characteristics to assess for during admissions
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-12-105 |
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| Authors |
Peter Conlon, Kent Hecker, Susan Sabatini |
| Abstract |
Admission committees are responsible for creating fair, defensible, reliable, and valid processes that assess those attributes considered important for professional success. There is evidence for the continuing use of academic ability as a selection criterion for health professional schools; however, there is little evidence for the reliability and validity of measures currently in place to assess personal characteristics. The Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) initiated a review of its admissions criteria in order to implement an evidence-based method to determine which characteristics veterinary stakeholders consider important to assess for admission. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 12% |
| Researcher | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 11% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 26% |
| Unknown | 15 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 11 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 14% |
| Psychology | 8 | 12% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 26% |