Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical college
Relying solely on measures of intellectual aptitude and academic performance in university admissions can be disadvantageous to underprivileged students. The Fiji School of Medicine primarily uses such measures to evaluate and select student applicants, and the introduction of supplementary assessme...
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| description | Relying solely on measures of intellectual aptitude and academic performance in university admissions can be disadvantageous to underprivileged students. The Fiji School of Medicine primarily uses such measures to evaluate and select student applicants, and the introduction of supplementary assessments could provide better access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This study examined the need for supplementary assessments in the admission process, types of additional assessments needed, and stakeholders??views on a multi-entry multi-exit strategy currently in use at the Fiji School of Medicine. A survey of the key stakeholders was conducted in February and March 2012 using closed and open ended questionnaire. One hundred and twenty-two validated questionnaires were self-administered by key stakeholders from the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMNHS) and Fiji Ministries of Education and Health, with a response rate of 61%. Returned questionnaires were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Sixty-five percent of respondents supported the introduction of supplementary assessments, 49% favoured admissions test, and 16% preferred assessing non-academic factors. Many respondents supported the School?占퐏 multi-entry multi-exit strategy as a ?占퐂ood policy??that provided ?占퐀lexibility??and opportunity for students, but should be better regulated. These findings demonstrate the need for supplementary assessments in the selection process and for continued support for the use of multi-entry multi-exit strategy at the school. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d47b1e410b843698b54e1dd1fa6a7c12023-08-02T03:02:07ZengKorea Health Personnel Licensing Examination InstituteJournal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions1975-59372012-11-0191110.3352/jeehp.2012.9.1171Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical collegeChristian Chinyere Ezeala0Mercy Okwudili Ezeala1Niraj Swami2<label>1</label>Department of Health Science, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences<label>2</label>Department of Communication and Language and Literature, College of Humanities and Education<label>3</label>Health Professions Education Unit, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National University, <country>Fiji</country>Relying solely on measures of intellectual aptitude and academic performance in university admissions can be disadvantageous to underprivileged students. The Fiji School of Medicine primarily uses such measures to evaluate and select student applicants, and the introduction of supplementary assessments could provide better access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This study examined the need for supplementary assessments in the admission process, types of additional assessments needed, and stakeholders??views on a multi-entry multi-exit strategy currently in use at the Fiji School of Medicine. A survey of the key stakeholders was conducted in February and March 2012 using closed and open ended questionnaire. One hundred and twenty-two validated questionnaires were self-administered by key stakeholders from the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMNHS) and Fiji Ministries of Education and Health, with a response rate of 61%. Returned questionnaires were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Sixty-five percent of respondents supported the introduction of supplementary assessments, 49% favoured admissions test, and 16% preferred assessing non-academic factors. Many respondents supported the School?占퐏 multi-entry multi-exit strategy as a ?占퐂ood policy??that provided ?占퐀lexibility??and opportunity for students, but should be better regulated. These findings demonstrate the need for supplementary assessments in the selection process and for continued support for the use of multi-entry multi-exit strategy at the school.http://jeehp.org/upload/jeehp-9-11.pdfCriteria, school admission Equity Fiji School of Medicine Educational policy Noncognitive factors |
| spellingShingle | Christian Chinyere Ezeala Mercy Okwudili Ezeala Niraj Swami Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical college Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions Criteria, school admission Equity Fiji School of Medicine Educational policy Noncognitive factors |
| title | Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical college |
| title_full | Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical college |
| title_fullStr | Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical college |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical college |
| title_short | Strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education: focus on a premier Pacific Island medical college |
| title_sort | strengthening the admissions process in health care professional education focus on a premier pacific island medical college |
| topic | Criteria, school admission Equity Fiji School of Medicine Educational policy Noncognitive factors |
| url | http://jeehp.org/upload/jeehp-9-11.pdf |
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