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South African medical schools: Current state of selection criteria and medical students' demographic profile

SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 2016-01, Vol.106 (1), p.76-81 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2016 Health & Medical Publishing Group ;COPYRIGHT 2016 Health & Medical Publishing Group ;This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. ;ISSN: 0256-9574 ;ISSN: 2078-5135 ;EISSN: 2078-5135 ;DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i1.9913 ;PMID: 26792312

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  • Title:
    South African medical schools: Current state of selection criteria and medical students' demographic profile
  • Author: van der Merwe, L J ; van Zyl, G J ; St Clair Gibson, A ; Viljoen, M ; Iputo, J E ; Mammen, M ; Chitha, W ; Perez, A M ; Hartman, N ; Fonn, S ; Green-Thompson, L ; Ayo-Ysuf, O A ; Botha, G C ; Manning, D ; Botha, S J ; Hift, R ; Retief, P ; van Heerden, B B ; Volmink, J
  • Subjects: Admission ; Demographic aspects ; Health Care Sciences & Services ; Health Policy & Services ; Medical colleges ; Medical Ethics ; Medical students ; Medicine, General & Internal ; Medicine, Legal ; Medicine, Research & Experimental
  • Is Part Of: SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 2016-01, Vol.106 (1), p.76-81
  • Description: Selection of medical students at South African (SA) medical schools must promote equitable and fair access to students from all population groups, while ensuring optimal student throughput and success, and training future healthcare practitioners who will fulfil the needs of the local society. In keeping with international practices, a variety of academic and non-academic measures are used to select applicants for medical training programmes in SA medical schools. To provide an overview of the selection procedures used by all eight medical schools in SA, and the student demographics (race and gender) at these medical schools, and to determine to what extent collective practices are achieving the goals of student diversity and inclusivity. A retrospective, quantitative, descriptive study design was used. All eight medical schools in SA provided information regarding selection criteria, selection procedures, and student demographics (race and gender). Descriptive analysis of data was done by calculating frequencies and percentages of the variables measured. Medical schools in SA make use of academic and non-academic criteria in their selection processes. The latter include indices of socioeconomic disadvantage. Most undergraduate medical students in SA are black (38.7%), followed by white (33.0%), coloured (13.4%) and Indian/Asian (13.6%). The majority of students are female (62.2%). The number of black students is still proportionately lower than in the general population, while other groups are overrepresented. Selection policies for undergraduate medical programmes aimed at redress should be continued and further refined, along with the provision of support to ensure student success.
  • Publisher: South Africa: Health & Medical Publishing Group
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0256-9574
    ISSN: 2078-5135
    EISSN: 2078-5135
    DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i1.9913
    PMID: 26792312
  • Source: SciELO
    African Journals Online (Open Access)
    GFMER Free Medical Journals
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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