Chan, Philip, Anthony, Anna, Quinlan, Kathleen M., Holland, Chris, Smith, Sharon (2023) Equity with equality? Contextualising everyone can widen participation in medical school admissions. Medical Teacher, . ISSN 0142-159X. E-ISSN 1466-187X. (In press) (doi:10.1080/0142159X.2023.2287982) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:104259)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2023.2287982 |
Abstract
Widening participation outcomes in admissions to UK medical schools have not changed 2007–2018, partly due to inequity in selection. This study models the effects of changing selection, using a novel method of contextualising applicants, on widening participation. We studied 1084 English school leaver applicants to a single medical school over two years, using data from their public exams taken 2 years pre-application (GCSE) and recent admissions test (UCAT). Widening participation was defined by postcode.
We modelled two shortlists for a pre-determined number of 500; one ranked on UCAT total score, and the other on a metric that contextualised applicants’ GCSE grades against their schools’ average GCSE performance. There was a significant difference in the postcode-defined widening participation characteristics of the two shortlists; 46% by contextualisation and 32.2% by UCAT (Chisquare p < 0.00001). As widening participation covers 42% of postcodes, the “contextualise everyone” method achieves equity.
Conventionally, contextual admissions identify individuals belonging to under-represented groups and gives them preferential treatment. Changing the rules for everyone, by using a relative attainment instead of simple absolute attainment metric, benefits from treating applicants equally; and could promote equity through widening participation.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2287982 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Selection; widening participation; admission; inequality; equity; medical education |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Kent and Medway Medical School |
Funders: | University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56) |
Depositing User: | Manfred Gschwandtner |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2023 17:34 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2024 14:40 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/104259 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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