Faculty members and graduate program directors typically serve on graduate admissions committees.
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The retrieved evidence partially indicates that faculty members and program directors participate in selection and admissions processes in specific fields such as health professions, but it lacks comprehensive data establishing this as the typical composition across all graduate admissions committees.
Major findings are that the intern selection process has changed significantly since 1978, with greater emphasis on work experience and extracurricular activities; the number of applicants per position has doubled despite a doubling of dietetic internship programs; and program directors and faculty members agree on the major selection practices but not on the information obtained from a given category. In the discussion, the findings are evaluated against a broad background of health profession education literature; implications are raised for intern selection committees and for the applicant. Published in Journal of the American Dietetic Association (1990)
Survey of U.S. and Canadian medical schools on admissions and psychiatrically at-risk students.
A survey of directors of admissions and chairmen of departments of psychiatry in U.S. and Canadian medical schools was undertaken concerning problems of the identification of students with emotional problems prior to admission and the role of psychiatry faculty members on the admissions committee. In general, the respondents felt that the preadmission interview was the best opportunity to identify the at-risk student but that current interview procedures would have to be improved. The respondents also indicated that U.S. law, which prohibits asking questions about psychiatric problems or treatment, is restrictive and greatly reduces the potential effectiveness of the interview. The survey results are compared with the results of earlier surveys.
Published in Journal of medical education (1984)
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