In reply: The limitations of our study have been acknowledged, and we agree with Parker and colleagues that further research is needed. However, their proposition that selection scores may not be intended to predict relative performance in programs seems at odds with their recommendation to select principally on the basis of academic performance. If selection scores do not provide predictability, why bother establishing any criteria at all? Why not simply use a lottery system, as they have been claimed to be equally effective?1
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- 1 School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD.
- 2 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
- 1. Coebergh J. Dutch medical schools abandon selection for lottery system for places. Student BMJ 2003; 11: 138.