Unfair discrimination under UKCAT and HPAT.
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A study has been carried out in England entitled âComparison of A Level and UKCAT performance in students applying to UK medical and dental schools in 2006: cohort studyâ. The results of the study published in the British Medical Journal 1 show that in the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), the equivalent to our own HPAT, boys score better than girls, even with similar A Level results. The test also appears to favour white males from a professional or managerial background who have had independent or grammar schooling. For those who want to keep the members of the medical profession as they always have been, the news could not be better. Their professional descendants will be white, well-off males.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Irish medical journal
دوره 103 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010