Graduate students are more challenging, demanding, and questioning

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BMJ 2002;325:676 ( 28 September )

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Graduate students are more challenging, demanding, and questioning

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Peter McCrorie is director of the graduate entry programme at St George's Hospital Medical School

Are good doctors born or made?

Both. Some students have a natural gift that can serve as a grounding for focused training, while others can be nurtured intobecoming good doctors. Some students, however, will never makegood doctors, no matter how people try to helpthem.

What do you look for when selecting students?

A number of factors are important in our selection process: an understanding about what being a good doctor entails, fromboth the profession's point of view and the patient's point ofview; a significant, meaningful experience of working in a healthcareenvironment or with disabled or disadvantaged people; an understandingof the importance of research in medicine; and an awareness ofthe ethical issues associated with medical research. Good oralcommunication skills and evidence of flexible and critical thinkingare . . . [Full text of this article]

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