The Role of Admission Scores in Predicting Academic Performance in Medical Students (original) (raw)

Abstract

BackgroundAdmission scores have been used to select highly capable students for an undergraduate medical programme. This study examines the relationship between three admission criteria: (i) multiple-mini-interview (MMI); (ii) pre-university final results (PUFR); (iii) entrance scores (combination of 50% MMI and 50% PUFR), with students’ academic performance in the medical programme at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).MethodsWe performed linear regression analysis on 125 students who completed the programme from 2013 to 2018 and compared their MMI, PUFR and entrance scores with their academic performance throughout their three years of undergraduate study. Academic performance outcomes were assessed from students’ Grade Point Average (GPA), cumulative Grade Point Average (cGPA) and marks in the modules ‘Health Sciences’ (HS), ‘Patient Care’ (PC), ‘Our Community and Personal Professional Development’ (OCPPD) and Special Study Modules, for overall (six-semesters average) and individ...

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