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Bedside manner should count for more

Published on
August 28, 1998
Last updated
May 27, 2015

Medical schools will be advised to place less emphasis on A-level results and more on bedside manner when selecting students. The Council of Heads of Medical Schools is drafting a policy statement that will tell the schools to broaden their selection criteria beyond academic achievement, to produce more rounded doctors.

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