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Analysis of Factors that Predict Clinical Performance in Medical School
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White, Casey B.; Dey, Eric L.; Fantone, Joseph C. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Academic achievement indices including GPAs and MCAT scores are used to predict the spectrum of medical student academic performance types. However, use of these measures ignores two changes influencing medical school admissions: student diversity and affirmative action, and an increased focus on communication skills. To determine if GPA and MCAT…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Search Committees (Personnel), Grade Point Average, Medical Schools
Statistical Criteria for Setting Thresholds in Medical School Admissions
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Albanese, Mark A.; Farrell, Philip; Dottl, Susan – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
In 2001, Dr. Jordan Cohen, President of the AAMC, called for medical schools to consider using an Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) threshold to eliminate high-risk applicants from consideration and then to use non-academic qualifications for further consideration. This approach would seem to be consistent with the recent Supreme Court ruling…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Medical Schools, Qualifications, College Admission
Factors Affecting Medical School Admission Decisions for Minority and Majority Applicants: A Comparative Study of Ten Schools.
Williams, Albert P.; And Others – 1979
Admissions procedures were examined at ten selected medical schools, between 1973 and 1975, with particular interest in comparing the procedures for minority and majority medical school applicants. An affirmative action policy was found to be operational in each of the schools, which took special pains to evaluate minority and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Predicting Minority and Majority Student Performance on the National Board Exams.
Rolph, John E.; And Others – 1978
A study was conducted to predict performance of majority and minority students in medical school by analyzing results of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), Parts I and II. Data were collected from members of the 1975 and 1976 graduating classes of nine medical schools, and included Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations