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The efficacy of medical student selection tools in Australia and New Zealand

Mark H Arnold, Jennifer Smith-Merry and Andrew S Lane
Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): . || doi: 10.5694/mja18.00394
Published online: 20 August 2018

To the Editor:


  • 1 School of Rural Health, University of Sydney, Dubbo, NSW
  • 2 Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW


Correspondence: mark.arnold@sydney.edu.au

Acknowledgements: 

We acknowledge the assistance provided by the HELP group, Sydney Health Ethics, School of Medicine, University of Sydney.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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