Context Medical schools are known to be stressful environments for students and hence
medical students have been believed to experience greater incidences of depression than …

In a paradigm of physician performance we propose that both “cognitive” and “noncognitive”
components contribute to the performance of physicians-in-training and in-practice. Our …

Background Stress levels and psychological morbidity are high among undergraduate
medical students (UGs), but there is a lack of research into the psychological health of UK …

Aim: The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence career choice in UK medical
students. Methods: Students at seven institutions were invited to rate how important various …

The present study examined the impact of age on medical student repeat-year experience
and performance outcomes on the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), Clinical …

Traditional methods of assessing personality traits in medical school selection have been
heavily criticised. To address this at the point of selection,“non-cognitive” tests were included …

There has been an increase in the use of pre-admission selection tests for medicine. Such
tests need to show good psychometric properties. Here, we use a paper by Emery and Bell …

Background Email is widely used as a means of communication between faculty members
and students in medical education because of its practical and educational advantages …

Introduction Attracting graduates was recommended as a means of diversifying the UK
medical student population. Graduates now make up nearly a quarter of the total medical …

Background and objectives: This study evaluates the opinion of medical students about
abortion and their willingness to perform the abortion. Methods: After a systematic review …