Is it possible to assess the

Title: Is it possible to assess the "ethics" of medical school applicants?
Creator: Lowe, Michael; Kerridge, Ian; Bore, Miles; Munro, Don; Powis, David
Relation: Journal of Medical Ethics Vol. 27, Issue 6, p. 404-408
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.27.6.404
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2001
Description: Questions surrounding the assessment of medical school applicants' morality are difficult but they are nevertheless important for medical schools to consider. It is probably inappropriate to attempt to assess medical school applicants' ethical knowledge, moral reasoning, or beliefs about ethical issues as these all may be developed during the process of education. Attitudes towards ethical issues and ethical sensitivity, however, might be tested in the context of testing for personality attributes. Before any "ethics" testing is introduced as part of screening for admission to medical school it would require validation. We suggest a number of ways in which this might be achieved.
Subject: ethics; medical school selection; personality
Identifier: uon:1336
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27068
Identifier: ISSN:0306-6800
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Is it possible to assess the "ethics" of medical school applicants?