Methods of assessment: selection of students for medical school
Research published in BMC Medicine shown that the UKCAT scores can be used to predict performance throughout medical school. Here, Sam Leinster discusses it in… Read more »
Sam Leinster
Sam Leinster is a General Surgeon with a special interest in Surgical Oncology. He was Professor of Surgery at the University of Liverpool where he established one of the first dedicated Breast Cancer Units in the UK. He has been involved academically and administratively in medical education for almost 40 years and in 2001 was appointed as Inaugural Dean for the new Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia.
He was an Education Associate for the General Medical Council from 2004 -2016 leading visiting teams to medical schools as part of the GMC Quality Improvement Framework. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Medical Education at the University of East Anglia and is a Senior Adviser to the World Federation of Medical Education
He was an Education Associate for the General Medical Council from 2004 -2016 leading visiting teams to medical schools as part of the GMC Quality Improvement Framework. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Medical Education at the University of East Anglia and is a Senior Adviser to the World Federation of Medical Education
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- Methods of assessment: selection of students for medical school - 3rd October 2016