Summary. Applicants for admission to St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1986 were short-listed for interview by one of four assessors, who each made their assessments on a nine-item pro forma. One short-lister had also been studied in detail during 1981. Short-listers used the full range of...

Two studies of applicants to United Kingdom medical schools show that ethnic origins of surnames is reliably assessable by independent judges, and that surnames are valid indicators of ethnic origin as determined by self-classification, showing very high specificity (97%) and slightly lesser...

Six interviewing panels which had assessed candidates for places at a medical school in 1984 were reconvened in 1987 to assess videotapes of the interviews conducted by themselves and by other panels. Overall recommendations made by panels showed excellent reliability within panels and high...

First, third and fifth year medical students were asked to say to what extent they considered each of 38 conditions to be a disease, to be treatable, to be serious, to be the fault of the patient and to be external in cause. Fifth year students were significantly more inclusive in their use of...