<i>On Academics</i>; Admissions Criteria as Predictors of Students' Academic Success in Master's Degree Programs at the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico

Lamadrid‐Figueroa, Héctor; Castillo-Castillo, Lorena Elizabeth; Fritz, Jimena; Valladares, Laura Magaña

doi:10.1177/003335491212700612

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“…In this study, the validity was further determined by the significant statistical correlation between the interview scores and candidates' prior GPA. Academic GPA is a well-established objective measure of a student's ability (Lamadrid-Figueroa et al, 2012;Wilkinson et al, 2008). The Pearson's correlation between total interview score and prior GPA was significant, r = .214, p = .001.…”

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“…Also, several studies have looked at the standardization of the admission process among graduatelevel programs, but much has yet to be explored in terms of the reliability and validity of constructs used to measure the competencies or the components of standardized admission interview questionnaires (Dowell et al, 2012;Jones & Forister, 2011). Lamadrid-Figueroa et al (2012) have observed the lack of research evidence to support the criteria used in creating scales to assess admission candidates and whether such criteria, if met, do in fact predict success in academic and clinical practice.…”

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The Validity of Standardized Interviews Used for University Admission Into Health Professional Programs

Oranye

2016

SAGE Open

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In addition to the use of grade point average and academic background to assess candidates for admission into professional graduate programs, many university programs today use structured interviews to further assess candidates' suitability. The Master of Occupational Therapy program at the University of Manitoba has in recent years adopted a standardized interview designed to capture specific psychometric characteristics of applicants considered relevant for scholarship in Occupational Therapy professional program. This study applied the Rasch Analysis Model to test the reliability and validity of the structured interview to determine whether the tool is invariant and fits the Rasch probabilistic model. A three-cohort interview data from 258 applicants were analyzed. The result indicates that the tool has high reliability (person separation index [PSI] = 0.8715), and was invariant across the participants. This Rasch analysis result supports the use of structured interview as an additional tool for students' admission.

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The Validity of Standardized Interviews Used for University Admission Into Health Professional Programs

Oranye

2016

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“…Zhang et al (2004) showed that ethnicity and citizenship are significant predictors of the likelihood of graduation in some universities but not in others. Lamadrid-Figueroa et al (2012) and Zhang et al (2004) both highlighted that gender or age are not significant in predicting the odds of graduation.…”

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Getting in and getting out: Predicting the likelihood of graduation of master’s program students

Lukkarinen

Koivukangas

2017

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Higher Education Advances

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“…In this context, all schools and programs have admission criteria to select the best candidates for their Public Health programs. However, we do not have enough evidence to support that each requisite or criterion specific to the programs is a predictor of academic success [ 3 ]. Moreover, although some of the criteria are objective, much subjectivity is present in the admission process.…”

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“…There are a number of available studies on good recruitment practices for nursery and obstetrics as regards health professions [ 10 ]. In the case of selection of appropriate candidates for Public Health studies there are no reliable and long-terms analyses of recruitment strategies [ 3 ]. Appropriate selection tools for Public Health studies should be developed based on solutions and good practices described in papers on other health professions.…”

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Evidence-based selection process to the Master of Public Health program at Medical University

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BackgroundEvaluation of the predictive validity of selected sociodemographic factors and admission criteria for Master’s studies in Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw (MUW).MethodsFor the evaluation purposes recruitment data and learning results of students enrolled between 2008 and 2012 were used (N = 605, average age 22.9 ± 3.01). The predictive analysis was performed using the multiple linear regression method. In the proposed regression model 12 predictors were selected, including: sex, age, professional degree (BA), the Bachelor’s studies grade point average (GPA), total score of the preliminary examination broken down into five thematic areas. Depending on the tested model, one of two dependent variables was used: first-year GPA or cumulative GPA in the Master program.ResultsThe regression model based on the result variable of Master’s GPA program was better matched to data in comparison to the model based on the first year GPA (adjusted R2 0.413 versus 0.476 respectively). The Bachelor’s studies GPA and each of the five subtests comprising the test entrance exam were significant predictors of success achieved by a student both after the first year and at the end of the course of studies.ConclusionsCriteria of admissions with total score of MCQs exam and Bachelor’s studies GPA can be successfully used for selection of the candidates for Master’s degree studies in Public Health. The high predictive validity of the recruitment system confirms the validity of the adopted admission policy at MUW.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-017-1007-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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On Academics; Admissions Criteria as Predictors of Students' Academic Success in Master's Degree Programs at the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

The Validity of Standardized Interviews Used for University Admission Into Health Professional Programs

The Validity of Standardized Interviews Used for University Admission Into Health Professional Programs

Getting in and getting out: Predicting the likelihood of graduation of master’s program students

Evidence-based selection process to the Master of Public Health program at Medical University

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