Grit in healthcare education and practice

The ability to predict such ‘potential dropouts’, even before the candidates undertake the training programme, will help in the selection of more suitable candidates for the training course, with consequent cost-savings to the organisation concerned. [...]if selected candidates are deemed “more suitable” for the training course, then it probably can also be assumed that such candidates will also perform well in their future work environment. [...]interestingly, it was found that “… stayers and leavers had indistinguishable Whole Candidate Scores [consisting of SAT scores, high school rank, leadership experience and athletic ability]”. [...]especially in the past, the selection of students for admission into medical school was based mainly on their scholastic achievements.