Harris Benjamin H L, Walsh Jason L, Lammy Simon
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, and non-stipendiary lecturer, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Clin Med (Lond). 2015 Feb;15(1):40-6. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-40.
From senior school through to consultancy, a plethora of assessments shape medical careers. Multiple methods of assessment are used to discriminate between applicants. Medical selection in the UK appears to be moving increasingly towards non-knowledge-based testing at all career stages. We review the evidence for non-knowledge-based tests and discuss their perceived benefits. We raise the question: is the current use of non-knowledge-based tests within the UK at risk of undermining more robust measures of medical school and postgraduate performance?
从高中到顾问阶段,大量评估塑造着医学职业生涯。多种评估方法被用于区分申请者。在英国,医学选拔在所有职业阶段似乎都越来越倾向于非基于知识的测试。我们审视了非基于知识测试的证据,并讨论了它们被认为的益处。我们提出一个问题:目前在英国使用非基于知识的测试是否有破坏衡量医学院和研究生表现的更可靠指标的风险?