Predictive power of UKCAT and other pre-admission measures for performance in a medical school in Glasgow: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) and its four subtests are currently used by 24 Medical and Dental Schools in the UK for admissions. This longitudinal study examines the predictive validity of UKCAT for final performance in the undergraduate medical degree programme at one Medical School and compares this with the predictive validity of the selection measures available pre-UKCAT.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study of one cohort of students, admitted to Glasgow Medical School in 2007. We examined the associations which UKCAT scores, school science grades and pre-admissions interview scores had with performance indicators, particularly final composite scores that determine students' postgraduate training opportunities and overall ranking (Educ

SUBMITTER: Sartania N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4063234 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature