The elusive grail of social inclusion in medical selection

摘要

In this issue, a study by O'Neill and colleagues reports that the social composition of Danish medical students was similar whether they were selected according to school-leaving grades or on an 'attribute-based' track. The latter was designed to afford students whose academic grades may have been limited by socio-economic disadvantage, a chance of entry on the basis of 'other valuable qualifications and attributes'.