Evidence of Differential Attainment in Canadian Medical School Admissions: A Scoping Review

T.-A. Ngo is a postdoctoral fellow, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

J. Choi is an undergraduate student, Bachelor of Health Sciences Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

A. McIntosh is scientist and senior manager, Acuity Insights Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A. Elma is research coordinator, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

L. Grierson is associate professor, Department of Family Medicine and McMaster Education Research Innovation and Theory Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Correspondence should be addressed to Lawrence Grierson, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, 100 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8P 1H6; telephone: (905) 525-9140 ext. 22097; email: [email protected].

Supplemental digital content for this article is available at https://links.lww.com/ACADMED/B604.

Funding/Support: This work was supported by the Mitacs Accelerate Program.

Other disclosures: Given the focus on admissions, this study analyses the Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics (CASPer) situational judgement test as a relevant selection tool. In this regard, it is notable that Acuity Insights Inc. licenses CASPer from McMaster University. However, all McMaster University-based coauthors did not personally benefit from the license. A.M. is a paid employee of Acuity Insights Inc.

Ethical approval: This study received ethics approval from the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (#14262).

Previous presentations: Parts of this study were presented at the International Conference on Academic Medicine 2023, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; April 13–18, 2023, and Normal Education Research Day 2023, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, June 7, 2023.

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