The UK Clinical Aptitude Test and clinical course performance at Nottingham: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) was introduced in 2006 as an additional tool for the selection of medical students. It tests mental ability in four distinct domains (Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Abstract Reasoning, and Decision Analysis), and the results are available to students and admission panels in advance of the selection process. Our first study showed little evidence of any predictive validity for performance in the first two years of the Nottingham undergraduate course.The study objective was to determine whether the UKCAT scores had any predictive value for the later parts of the course, largely delivered via clinical placements.

Methods

Students entering the course in 2007 and who had taken the UKCAT were asked for permission to use t

SUBMITTER: Yates J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3621812 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature