Test preparation breeds success: Two quasi-experimental interventions in the context of the Swiss aptitude test for medical-school admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Switzerland, the scholastic aptitude test for medical-school selection takes place in three languages. This study examined the effects of two quasi-experimental interventions that aimed to reduce existing differences in test results between the French- and German-speaking language candidates.

Methods

Between 2018 and 2023, the population of applicants to Swiss medical schools consisted of N = 18'824 German- and French-speaking individuals. Based on a quasi-experimental design, we examined the effects of two interventions regarding preparatory material, in these cohorts. The first intervention (2022) consisting of practice trials in baccalaureate schools in the canton of Fribourg enabled French-speaking candidates primarily from the canton of Fribourg to prepare

SUBMITTER: Klumb PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11395212 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature