Medical school application process should change

SCHOOL leavers seeking entry to medical school should be selected based on an interview as well as their Leaving Certificate results, the head of the country’s newest medicine course said yesterday.

Professor Paul Finucane, founding head of University of Limerick’s graduate medical school, was commenting on proposals to change the way in which medical students are chosen.

The Irish Examiner revealed in June that the new entry scheme would be open to those with at least 480 points in the Leaving Certificate, with scores to be considered in combination with results in an aptitude test of their suitability for a medical career.