Pilot study of the roles of personality, references, and personal statements in relation to performance over the five years of a medical degree.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the power of three traditional selection procedures (A levels, personal statements, and references) and one non-traditional selection procedure (personality) to predict performance over the five years of a medical degree.

Design

Cohort study over five years.

Setting

Nottingham medical school.

Participants

Entrants in 1995.

Main outcome measures

A level grades, amounts of information contained in teacher's reference and the student's personal statement, and personality scores examined in relation to 18 different assessments.

Results

Information in the teacher's reference did not consistently predict performance. Information in the personal statement was predictive of clinical aspects of training, whereas A level grades primari

SUBMITTER: Ferguson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC163931 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature