Medical schools must equip students with the flexibility needed for the health system’s future

The Medical Schools Council (MSC) values medical schools’ autonomy over student selection, curriculums, and staffing.1 It is a complex combination of these and other issues, including role models and perceptions of how rewarding a career might be, that contributes to medical students’ career choices.

Doctors find specialties attractive or unattractive for many reasons.2 This is why recruitment strategies to medical school must recognise students’ diverse interests …