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Removing the interview for medical school selection is associated with gender bias among enrolled students

Natasha Behrendorff and David Liu
Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3) || doi: 10.5694/mja14.00428
Published online: 4 August 2014

To the Editor: Wilkinson and colleagues recently presented data showing a reduction in female graduate-entry enrolments in the University of Queensland's medical program,1 and suggested that this was due to the removal of interviews from the selection process and gender bias in GAMSAT scores.

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  • School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.


Correspondence: davel@itee.uq.edu.au

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  • 1. Wilkinson D, Casey MG, Eley DS. Removing the interview for medical school selection is associated with gender bias among enrolled students. Med J Aust 2014; 200: 96-99. <MJA full text>
  • 2. University of Queensland. Doctor of Medicine (MD) - Direct Entry for Graduates. http://www.uq.edu.au/study/?page=189904 (accessed Jul 2014).

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