Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia
Medical schools worldwide employ a variety of strategies in their student selection process due to the large number of academically qualified applicants and the limited places to offer. The selection process is crucial because the accepted candidates shall be able to complete the medical training...
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| author | Adam, Siti Khadijah Mohamad, Fadzilah Maniam, Sandra Ismail, Siti Irma Fadhilah Hasan, Mohd Khairi Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah Ibrahim, Normala |
| author_facet | Adam, Siti Khadijah Mohamad, Fadzilah Maniam, Sandra Ismail, Siti Irma Fadhilah Hasan, Mohd Khairi Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah Ibrahim, Normala |
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| description | Medical schools worldwide employ a variety of strategies
in their student selection process due to the large number
of academically qualified applicants and the limited places to offer. The selection process is crucial because the accepted candidates shall be able to complete the medical training and eventually will become safe and competent doctors. Multiple mini-interview (MMI) has increasingly been adopted as the preferred method of medical student selection due to its acceptability, feasibility, reliability and validity (1). In MMI, candidates rotate around a series of stations designed to assess cognitive and non-cognitive attributes in a finite time
allotment (2). The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has been conducting MMI since 2017 for selecting undergraduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) students. However, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused many challenges and sudden changes medical schools worldwide, including the admission process. In UPM particularly, the usual face-to-face in-person MMI became infeasible due to the social distancing policies resulting from the pandemic. |
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| spelling | upm-1033302023-06-16T03:40:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103330/ Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia Adam, Siti Khadijah Mohamad, Fadzilah Maniam, Sandra Ismail, Siti Irma Fadhilah Hasan, Mohd Khairi Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah Ibrahim, Normala Medical schools worldwide employ a variety of strategies in their student selection process due to the large number of academically qualified applicants and the limited places to offer. The selection process is crucial because the accepted candidates shall be able to complete the medical training and eventually will become safe and competent doctors. Multiple mini-interview (MMI) has increasingly been adopted as the preferred method of medical student selection due to its acceptability, feasibility, reliability and validity (1). In MMI, candidates rotate around a series of stations designed to assess cognitive and non-cognitive attributes in a finite time allotment (2). The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has been conducting MMI since 2017 for selecting undergraduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) students. However, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused many challenges and sudden changes medical schools worldwide, including the admission process. In UPM particularly, the usual face-to-face in-person MMI became infeasible due to the social distancing policies resulting from the pandemic. UPM Press 2022 Article PeerReviewed Adam, Siti Khadijah and Mohamad, Fadzilah and Maniam, Sandra and Ismail, Siti Irma Fadhilah and Hasan, Mohd Khairi and Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah and Ibrahim, Normala (2022) Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 18 (suppl.14). 173 - 176. ISSN 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_18_2022/mjmhs_vol18_supp_14_oktober_2022-69926 10.47836/mjmhs18.s14.20 |
| spellingShingle | Adam, Siti Khadijah Mohamad, Fadzilah Maniam, Sandra Ismail, Siti Irma Fadhilah Hasan, Mohd Khairi Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah Ibrahim, Normala Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| title | Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| title_full | Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| title_short | Student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| title_sort | student selection process for undergraduate medical programme amid the covid-19 pandemic: lessons learned and future directions for universiti putra malaysia |
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