Research Department for Medical Education, University College London Medical School, London, UK
Research Department for Medical Education, University College London Medical School, London, UK.
BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 4;11(3):e044753. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044753.
Describe the experiences and views of medical applicants from diverse social backgrounds following the closure of schools and universities and the cancellation of public examinations in the UK due to COVID-19.
Cross-sectional questionnaire study, part of the longitudinal UK Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS).
UK medical school admissions in 2020.
2887 participants completed an online questionnaire from 8 April to 22 April 2020. Eligible participants had registered to take the University Clinical Admissions Test in 2019 and agreed to be invited to take part, or had completed a previous UKMACS questionnaire, had been seriously considering applying to medicine in the UK for entry in 2020, and were UK residents.
Views on calculated grades, views on medical school admissions and teaching in 2020 and 2021, reported experiences of education during the national lockdown.
Respondents were concerned about the calculated grades that replaced A-level examinations: female and Black Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants felt teachers would find it difficult to grade and rank students accurately, and applicants from non-selective state schools and living in deprived areas had concerns about the standardisation process. Calculated grades were generally not considered fair enough to use in selection, but were considered fair enough to use in combination with other measures including interview and aptitude test scores. Respondents from non-selective state (public) schools reported less access to educational resources compared with private/selective school pupils, less online teaching in real time and less time studying during lockdown.
The COVID-19 pandemic has and will have significant and long-term impacts on the selection, education and performance of our medical workforce. It is important that the views and experiences of applicants from diverse backgrounds are considered in decisions affecting their future and the future of the profession.
描述因 COVID-19 而关闭学校和大学并取消公开考试后，来自不同社会背景的医学申请者的经历和看法。
横断面问卷调查研究，是 UKMACS 纵向英国医学申请者队列研究的一部分。
2020 年英国医学院校招生。
2020 年 4 月 8 日至 4 月 22 日，8427 名参与者完成了在线问卷。符合条件的参与者已在 2019 年注册参加大学临床入学考试，并同意受邀参加，或已完成之前的 UKMACS 问卷调查，他们一直在认真考虑在英国申请医学专业 2020 年入学，并且是英国居民。
对计算成绩的看法、对 2020 年和 2021 年医学院校招生和教学的看法、国家封锁期间教育经历的报告。
受访者对替代 A-level 考试的计算成绩表示担忧：女性和黑人、亚裔和少数族裔申请者认为教师很难准确地给学生评分和排名，来自非选择性公立学校和生活在贫困地区的申请者担心标准化过程。计算成绩通常被认为不够公平，不能用于选拔，但被认为足够公平，可以与包括面试和能力倾向测试成绩在内的其他措施结合使用。与私立/选择性学校的学生相比，来自非选择性公立（公立）学校的受访者报告称，他们获得的教育资源较少，实时在线教学较少，封锁期间学习时间较少。
COVID-19 大流行已经并将对我们医疗保健工作者的选拔、教育和表现产生重大且长期的影响。在影响他们未来和职业未来的决策中，考虑来自不同背景的申请者的观点和经验非常重要。
