PMID: 2496822Mar 18, 1989Paper

Prospective study of the disadvantage of people from ethnic minority groups applying to medical schools in the United Kingdom

BMJ : British Medical Journal
I C McManusS L Maitlis

Abstract

To assess whether the ethnic origin of applicants affects their likelihood of being accepted into medical school in the United Kingdom the outcome for the 2399 applicants who applied to read medicine at university in 1986 and included St Mary's Hospital Medical School as one of their five choices was studied prospectively. Altogether 2040 of the 2399 applicants were British (United Kingdom) nationals, constituting 24.7% (n = 8249) of all home applicants for medicine in 1986, and 1971 of them with postal addresses in the United Kingdom were sent questionnaires asking about their ethnic origin, whether English was their first language, and about their attitudes to ethnic monitoring. A total of 1817 (92.2%) applicants returned the questionnaire, 401 (22.6%) saying that they were from an ethnic minority group and 393 (21.6%) having non-European surnames. Multiple logistic regression identified 11 significant predictors of successful application, of which grades at O and A level, application after A levels, and date of application were the most important. After taking these four variables into account the predicted acceptance rates for home students on the basis of their application forms alone were 47.8% for white applicants and 35...Continue Reading

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Mar 1, 1989·Medical Education·I C McManus, P Richards
Mar 5, 1988·British Medical Journal·S Lowry, G Macpherson
Nov 3, 1984·British Medical Journal·I C McManus, P Richards
Nov 10, 1984·British Medical Journal·I C McManus, P Richards

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Apr 10, 1993·Lancet·I C McManusC A Vincent
Mar 1, 1990·Medical Education·W Montague, F C Odds
Mar 1, 1993·Medical Education·I C McManusP Richards
May 1, 1996·Medical Education·I C McManusK A Sproston
Feb 25, 1995·BMJ : British Medical Journal·K J McKenzie
Jun 10, 1995·BMJ : British Medical Journal·I C McManus, P Richards
Jul 20, 1996·BMJ : British Medical Journal·I C McManus
Aug 10, 1996·BMJ : British Medical Journal·S Goldbeck-Wood
Feb 29, 2000·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·I C McManus, K A Sproston
Apr 20, 1996·Lancet·I C McManus
Apr 21, 2012·Medical Teacher·Eamonn FergusonClaire Lawrence
Sep 10, 2005·Medical Education·Abdul Wadud KamaliDiana F Wood
Oct 23, 2002·Medical Education·Derek Holmes

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