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Editorial

. 2002 Oct 12;325(7368):786-7.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7368.786.

Medical school applications--a critical situation

PMID: 12376424
PMCID: PMC1124314
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7368.786

Editorial

Medical school applications--a critical situation

I C McManus. BMJ. 2002.

. 2002 Oct 12;325(7368):786-7.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7368.786.

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PMID: 12376424
PMCID: PMC1124314
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7368.786

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(a) Selection ratio for medical school applicants, 1965-2002; (b) numbers of places at medical school for home students, numbers of home applicants, and average numbers of applicants for 1976-2002; (c) proportions of home entrants to medical school and all home entrants to university who are female; (d) numbers of home university applicants and entrants. (In 1994 many former polytechnics became universities and students were admitted through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.)

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