Selection into medicine:the predictive validity of an outcome-based procedure

Background: Medical schools must select students from a large pool of well-qualified applicants. A challenging issue set forward in the broader literature is that of which cognitive and (inter) personal qualities should be measured to predict diverse later performance. To address this gap, we designed a 'backward chaining' approach to selection, based on the competences of a 'good doctor'. Our aim was to examine if this outcome-based selection procedure was predictive of study success in a medical bachelor program. Methods: We designed a multi-tool selection procedure, blueprinted to the CanME... Mehr ...