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Haldane, Thea, Shehmar, Manjeet, Macdougall, Colin F., Price-Forbes, Alec, Fraser, Ian, Dr., Petersen, Stuart and Peile, Ed (2012) Predicting success in graduate entry medical students undertaking a graduate entry medical program (GEM). Medical Teacher, Volume 34 (Number 8). pp. 659-664. doi:10.3109/0142159X.2012.689030 ISSN 0142-159X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2012.689030
Abstract
Background: Success in undergraduate medical courses in the UK can be predicted by school exit examination (A level) grades. There are no documented predictors of success in UK graduate entry medicine (GEM) courses. This study looks at the examination performance of GEM students to identify factors which may predict success; of particular interest was A level score.
Methods: Data was collected for students graduating in 2004, 2005 and 2006, including demographic details (age and gender), details of previous academic achievement (A level total score and prior degree) and examination results at several points during the degree course.
Results: Study group comprised 285 students. Statistical analyses identified no significant variables when looking at clinical examinations. Analysis of pass/fail data for written examinations showed no relationship with A level score. However, both percentage data for the final written examination and the analysis of the award of honours showed A level scores of AAB or higher were associated with better performance (pā<ā0.001).
Discussion: A prime objective of introducing GEM programs was to diversify admissions to medical school. In trying to achieve this, medical schools have changed selection criteria. The findings in this study justify this by proving that A level score was not associated with success in either clinical examinations or passing written examinations. Despite this, very high achievements at A level do predict high achievement during medical school.
Conclusions: This study shows that selecting graduate medical students with the basic requirement of an upper-second class honours degree is justifiable and does not disadvantage students who may not have achieved high scores in school leaver examinations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain, Physicians -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain, Adult education -- Great Britain | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Medical Teacher | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||
ISSN: | 0142-159X | ||||
Official Date: | August 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 34 | ||||
Number: | Number 8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 659-664 | ||||
DOI: | 10.3109/0142159X.2012.689030 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2015 |
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