Qualitative Studies on Implicit Criteria during the Individualized Selection Procedure for Medical Studies at Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H)

2019/02/15 by Michaela Zupanic, Jan P. Ehlers, Zupanic, Michaela +13
Medicine · Social Sciences · #610 Medical sciences #Auswahlkriterien #Diversity and Career in Medicine #Innovations in Medical Education #Master Plan Medical Studies 2020 #Masterplan Medizinstudium 2020 #Medical Education and Admissions #Medicine #Reflexionsfähigkeit #Studierendenauswahl Humanmedizin #Universität Witten/Herdecke #Witten/Herdecke University #ability to reflect #selection criteria #student selection for medical studies

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001211

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Abstract

The main assessment categories are: motivation for the medical profession and starting studies at UW/H; performance and scholastic aptitude; personality, personal growth potential and social competence, as well as the ability to reflect as the most important basic competence and general category. Assessors consider the ability to reflect as a predictor of lifelong professional development as a physician.

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