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Peer reviewedStachnik, Thomas J.; Simons, Ronald C. – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
Performances of students from two medical colleges, one allopathic (M.D.) and one osteopathic (D.O.), at Michigan State University in a first course in psychiatry are compared. The M.D. students had scored significantly higher on the MCAT, but there was no difference in psychiatry course performance. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRonai, Ann K.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
Records of 63 medical school graduates were examined for predictors of achievement on in-training examinations in anesthesia and orthopedic surgery. The previous academic records were found to contain little to predict examination results, and the correlation between college nonscience subjects and exam performance was negative. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anesthesiology, Grade Point Average, Medical Education
Biemiller, Lawrence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
Johns Hopkins University has abandoned use of the Medical College Admission Test as a medical college admissions requirement in an effort to reestablish the validity of humanities in medical students' educational background and is encouraging other medical schools to make the test optional and underscore their support of general education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Humanities
Peer reviewedGough, Harrison G.; Hall, Wallace B. – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
In a study of 1,195 medical students, those from medical families were insignificantly different from their classmates on premedical scholastic achievement and admission test scores, but were slightly younger and attended more prestigious undergraduate colleges. Academic and clinical performance was equivalent but specialty-choice differences were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedJones, Bonnie J. – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study followed 66 medical students from matriculation through clerkship to determine the use of an anxiety measure, undergraduate grades, and Medical College Admission Test scores in predicting clerkship performance. Results showed disparities in prediction but suggest that the way students are evaluated in clerkships determined which factors…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Clinical Experience, College Entrance Examinations, Grades (Scholastic)
Download full textAssociation of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report provides statistical data and charts concerning trends in undergraduate medical education over the past decade. It presents trends in grade point averages (GPAs); in Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores for premedical school applicants and matriculants; and provides information on applicant and matriculant characteristics,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Diversity (Student)
