Have I gone mad?

[ailbhe]

Rise in women doctors 'worrying' (Note scare quotes.)

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This is certainly true for courses in general (it's true of the one I recruit for, for example). I've been told that medical school admission is different. For example, they place a great emphasis on how the student handles ethical questions, although ethics is much less prominent in the course than it is in the interview. Although of course there *is* ethics in medical courses, someone who finds ethics difficult will still probably do just fine as a medical student. The reason for emphasising it in medical school interviews is because it's considered important for judging who will be a good doctor. But I have nothing verifiable to point to for this, it's all out of conversations.