Should medical schools relax academic admission criteria?

Affiliations

¹ School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Division of Medical Education, Manchester, UK drew.tarmey@manchester.ac.uk dfw23@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
² University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK drew.tarmey@manchester.ac.uk dfw23@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
³ University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ University of Cambridge School of Biological Sciences and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK.

Comment

Drew Tarmey et al. BMJ. 2019.

. 2019 Nov 14:367:l6456.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6456.

¹ School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Division of Medical Education, Manchester, UK drew.tarmey@manchester.ac.uk dfw23@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
² University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK drew.tarmey@manchester.ac.uk dfw23@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
³ University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ University of Cambridge School of Biological Sciences and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK.

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