SPECIFICS OF APPLICANTS’ SELECTION FOR TRAINING AT HIGHER MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF GREAT BRITAIN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2018.3.9329Keywords:
medical education, applicant, selection, entrance examinations, interviews, enrolment.Abstract
The aim of the work – to perform systematic analysis of the process of applicants’ selection for training at higher medical schools of Great Britain.
The main body. The process of candidates’ competitive selection for professional (medical) education requires continuous improvement. Development of a perfect assessment system for university applicants that would meet up-to-date requirements is an essential problem of interdisciplinary level, covering issues of medicine, pedagogy, psychology and other disciplines. The psychological component of candidates’ selection is no less important than a professional one, and acts as an integral part for determining their professional appropriateness. The article deals with the formation of appropriate student contingent at British higher medical schools. The principal tools of selecting candidates for the study are marked out; academic and non-academic entrance requirements are systematized and characterized.
Conclusions. Based on the foreign experience, we can conclude that in the countries with the selection mainly carried out prior to the study at the medical school, much attention is paid by the teachers, medical students, and those responsible for the health care both to the selection criteria and selection procedure. In the countries where selection is practised after the students have begun to study medicine, there is concern with regard to the quality of medical education, as the number of those, recently entering high medical schools is not balanced by their capacity-building in terms of specialists training.
Conclusions regarding reasonability of applying certain methods in selecting candidates for training at the national medical universities have been derived from the analysis. Besides, the latter it is also expected to provide a basis for developing admission recommendations for foreign students.
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