TY - JOUR
T1 - “I Can't Afford a ‘B'”
AU - Schroeder, Morrison
AU - Charbit, Jacques
AU - Greenberg, Raymond S.
AU - Oster, Martin W.
AU - Wolf, Stewart
PY - 1979/9/13
Y1 - 1979/9/13
N2 - To the Editor: Although high scores on aptitude and admissions tests for medical school may not correlate with an ideal end product, neither do they indicate that those who have achieved them will be poor doctors. However, scores do indicate measurable differences and are thus frequently used as the first basis for consideration of candidates. References, interviews and comments by applicants are then used in attempts to identify and evaluate the intangible qualities. Most admission committees agree that a physician should be honest, have emphathy for his fellow man, show maturity in arriving at value judgments (particularly of moral values),.
AB - To the Editor: Although high scores on aptitude and admissions tests for medical school may not correlate with an ideal end product, neither do they indicate that those who have achieved them will be poor doctors. However, scores do indicate measurable differences and are thus frequently used as the first basis for consideration of candidates. References, interviews and comments by applicants are then used in attempts to identify and evaluate the intangible qualities. Most admission committees agree that a physician should be honest, have emphathy for his fellow man, show maturity in arriving at value judgments (particularly of moral values),.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197909133011121
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197909133011121
M3 - Letter
C2 - 470995
AN - SCOPUS:0018789552
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 301
SP - 615
EP - 616
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 11
ER -