November 17, 2013

Latest Article Alert from BMC Medicine

The following new articles have just been published in BMC Medicine

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Commentary
Selecting the right medical student
Leinster S
BMC Medicine 2013, 11:245 (14 November 2013)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/245/abstract
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Opinion
The link between chronic periodontitis and COPD: a common role for the neutrophil?
Usher AK, Stockley RA
BMC Medicine 2013, 11:241 (13 November 2013)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/241/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/241
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Research article
The Academic Backbone: longitudinal continuities in educational achievement from secondary school and medical school to MRCP(UK) and the specialist register in UK medical students and doctors
McManus I, Woolf K, Dacre J, Paice E, Dewberry C
BMC Medicine 2013, 11:242 (14 November 2013)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/242/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/242
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-11-242.pdf

Research article
The UKCAT-12 study: educational attainment, aptitude test performance, demographic and socio-economic contextual factors as predictors of first year outcome in a cross-sectional collaborative study of 12 UK medical schools
McManus IC, Dewberry C, Nicholson S, Dowell JS
BMC Medicine 2013, 11:244 (14 November 2013)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/244/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/244
PDF http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-11-244.pdf

Research article
Construct-level predictive validity of educational attainment and intellectual aptitude tests in medical student selection: meta-regression of six UK longitudinal studies
McManus I, Dewberry C, Nicholson S, Dowell JS, Woolf K, Potts HW
BMC Medicine 2013, 11:243 (14 November 2013)
Abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/243/abstract
Full text http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/243
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