Published material from the University of Newcastle, NSW on Medical Student Selection, Evaluation of Outcome and related issues

Vinson T, Cooney G & Turnbull J (1979)
Admission to medical school: the Newcastle experiment.
Programmed Learning and Educational Technology 16, 70-87

Feletti GI, Sanson-Fisher RW & Vidler M (1985)
Evaluating a new approach to selecting medical students.
Medical Education 19, 276-284

Powis DA, Neame RLB, Bristow T & Murphy LB (1988)
The objective structured interview for medical student selection.
British Medical Journal 296, 765-768

Powis DA, Neame RLB, Bristow T & Murphy LB (1988)
Interview for medical student selection - authors' reply.
British Medical Journal 296, 1261

Smith AJ & Powis DA (1989)
The politics of the sand-pit. (letter to editor)
Medical Journal of Australia 150, 543-544

Neame RLB, Powis DA & Bristow T (1992)
Should medical students be selected only from recent school-leavers who have studied science?
Medical Education 26, 433-440

Powis DA, McManus IC & Cleave-Hogg D (1992)
Selection of medical students: philosophic, political, social and educational bases.
Teaching and Learning in Medicine 4, 25-34

Powis DA, Waring TC, Bristow T & O'Connell DL (1992)
The structured interview as a tool for predicting premature withdrawal from medical school.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 22, 692-699

Powis DA & Bristow T (1993)
Improving access to medical courses in Australia for students from geographically isolated areas. (letter to editor)
Medical Journal of Australia 159, 429

Barnsley LB, Cameron R, Engel CE, Feletti GI, Hazell P, McPherson J, Murphy LB, Pearson S-A, Powis DA, Rolfe I, Smith AJ, Saunders NA & Wallis BJ (1994)
Ratings of performance of graduates from traditional and non-traditional medical schools.
Teaching and Learning in Medicine 6, 179-184

Powis DA (1994)
Selecting medical students.
Medical Education 28, 443-469

Rolfe IE & Pearson SA (1994)
Communication skills of interns in New South Wales.
Medical Journal of Australia 161, 667-670

Rolfe IE, Andren JM, Pearson S, Hensley MJ & Gordon JJ (1995)
Clinical competence of interns in New South Wales, Australia.
Medical Education 29, 225-230

Rolfe IE, Pearson S, O'Connell D & Dickinson JA (1995)
Finding solutions to the rural doctor shortage: the role of undergraduate medical education versus selection at Newcastle.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 25, 512-517

Rolfe IE, Pearson S, Powis DA & Smith AJ (1995)
Time for a review of admission to medical school.
Lancet 346, 1329-1333

Hazell P, Pearson S & Rolfe IE (1996)
Quality of life of general practitioners in New South Wales.
Education for Health 9, 229-237

Rolfe IE & Pearson S (1996)
A scale to measure attitudes towards community medicine.
Australian Journal of Public Health 20, 433-435

Rolfe IE & Pearson S (1996)
Preventive medicine in general practice: a survey of graduates from traditional and non-traditional medical schools.
Education for Health 9, 381-395

Rolfe IE & Pearson S (1996)
Screening recommendations in general practice: a survey of graduates from different medical schools.
Medical Journal of Australia 165, 14-17

Rolfe IE, Pearson S & Barnsley L (1996)
Attitudes of doctors towards community medicine: differences between graduates from innovative and traditional medical schools.
Teaching and Learning in Medicine 8, 77-82

Smith AJ, Hamilton JD, Rolfe IE & Pearson S (1995)
Communication skills of interns in New South Wales. (letter to editor)
Medical Journal of Australia 162, 498

Powis DA & Bristow T (1997)
Top school marks don't necessarily make top medical students. (letter to editor)
Medical Journal of Australia 166, 613

Powis DA & Bristow T (1997)
Selection of medical students at Newcastle.
In: Imperatives in Medical Education - The Newcastle Approach. Henry R, Byrne K, Engel CE, editors; Newcastle NSW, Australia: University press, pp236-248

Rolfe IE (1997)
Graduate perspectives.
In: Imperatives in Medical Education - The Newcastle Approach. Henry R, Byrne K, Engel CE, editors; Newcastle NSW, Australia: University press, pp265-275

Rolfe IE, Pearson S (1997)
Programme evaluation: some principles and practicalities.
In: Imperatives in Medical Education - The Newcastle Approach. Henry R, Byrne K, Engel CE, editors; Newcastle NSW, Australia: University press, pp 258-264

Rolfe IE & Powis DA (1997)
Selecting Australian doctors of the future.
Medical Journal of Australia 166, 229-230

Hill J, Rolfe IE, Pearson S & Heathcote A (1998)
Do junior doctors feel they are prepared for hospital practice? A study of graduates from traditional and non traditional medical schools.
Medical Education 32, 19-24

Pearson S, Rolfe IE & Henry R (1998)
The relationship between assessment measures at Newcastle medical school (Australia) and performance ratings during internship.
Medical Education 32, 40-45

Powis DA (1998)
How to do it. Select Medical Students.
British Medical Journal 317, 1149-1150

Powis DA & Rolfe I (1998)
Selection and performance of medical students at Newcastle, New South Wales.
Education for Health 11, 15-23

Powis DA & Rolfe I (1998)
An evidence-based admissions process at Newcastle (New South Wales) medical school. (letter to editor)
Education for Health 11, 409-412

Powis DA (1998)
Should medical school selection include an aptitude test or interview?
Australian Medicine 18 May, 10-11

Rolfe IE, Gordon J, Atherton S, Pearson S, Kay FJ & Fardell SD (1998)
A system for maintaining the educational and training standards of junior doctors.
Medical Education 32, 426-431

Rolfe IE, Pearson S, Fardell S & Kay FJ (1998)
Monitoring the performance of junior doctors in the first two years of postgraduate training.
Education for Health 11, 183-192

Rolfe IE, Pearson S, Sanson-Fisher R, Fardell SD, Kay FJ & Gordon J (1998)
Measuring the term experiences of junior doctors.
Medical Education 32, 312-319

Rolfe IE, Pearson S, Cleary E & Gannon C (1999)
Attitudes to community medicine: a comparison of medical students from traditional and non-traditional medical schools.
Medical Education 33, 606-611

Powis DA (1999)
Choosing Tomorrow's Doctors (book review).
Education for Health 12, 120-121

Powis DA (1999)
Superior Selection System (letter to editor).
Australian Medicine 7 June, 6-7

Garvey G, Rolfe IE & Pearson S (2000)
Agents for social change: The role of Universities in graduating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Doctors.
Focus on Health Professional Education: a Multi-Disciplinary Journal 2, 18-27

Treloar CJ, McCall NJ, Rolfe IE, Pearson S, Garvey G & Heathcote A (2000)
Factors affecting progress of Australian and international students in a problem-based medical course.
Medical Education 34, 708-715

DeClercq L, Pearson S-A & Rolfe IE (2001)
The relationship between previous tertiary education and course performance in first year medical students at Newcastle University, Australia.
Education for Health 14, 417-426

Grey MR, Pearson S-A, Rolfe IE, Kay FJ & Powis DA (2001)
How do Australian doctors with different pre-medical school backgrounds perform as interns?
Education for Health 14, 87-96

Kay F, Pearson S & Rolfe IE (2002)
The influence of admission variables on first year medical school performance: a study from Newcastle University.
Medical Education 36, 154-159

Pearson S-A, Rolfe IE, Ringland C & Kay-Lambkin F (2002)
A comparison of the long term practice outcomes of graduates from a traditional and non-traditional medical school on Australia.
Medical Education 36, 985-991

Powis DA, Marley JE & Murphy LB (2002)
Selecting medical students (e-letter to editor).
British Medical Journal http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7347/1170

Powis DA (2003)
Selecting Medical Students.
Medical Education 37, 1064-1065

Powis DA, Hamilton JD & Gordon JJ (2004)
Are graduate entry programmes the answer to recruiting and selecting tomorrow's doctors?
Medical Education 38, 1147-1153

McManus IC, Powis DA, Wakeford R, Ferguson E, James D & Richards P (2005)
Intellectual aptitude tests and A levels for selecting UK school leaver entrants for medical school.
British Medical Journal 331, 555-560

Two Presentations to UK Conference on Graduate Entry Medicine, Derby, July 2004

James D, Ferguson E, Powis D, Bore M, Munro D, Symons I, James B
Selection for medical school – do we really use both academic and non-academic criteria?

James D, Ferguson E, Powis D, Bore M, Munro D, Symons I, James B
Selection for medical school – how much more diversity do graduates bring compared to school leavers?

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Powis DA (2004)
Choosing the best: a continuing challenge.
Invited presentation at the 2nd Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, Singapore, 7-10 December.

McManus IC, Powis DA, Wakeford R, Ferguson E, James D & Richards P (2005)
Intellectual aptitude tests and A levels for selecting UK school leaver entrants for medical school.
British Medical Journal 331, 555-560
(see also Web-published supplementary material relating to this paper: http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7516/555/suppl/DC1)

McManus IC, Powis DA (2007)
Testing medical school selection tests (editorial)
Medical Journal of Australia 186, 118-119

Powis D, James D, Ferguson E (2007)
Demographic and socio-economic associations with academic attainment (UCAS tariff scores) in applicants to medical school.
Medical Education 41, 242-249