Predicting performance during clinical years from the new Medical College Admission Test

Establishing the criterion validity of the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)

“…Notable exceptions include the work of Carline et al. , 4 Hynes and Givner, 6 Cullen et al. , 7 Basco et al.…”

“…Most criterion validation studies in the area of medical selection have focused on the North American Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). In general, the results of Kyei-Blankson, 2 Brooks et al, 3 Carline et al, 4 McGuire, 5 Hynes and Givner 6 and Cullen et al 7 suggest that correlations between MCAT scores and academic results vary between 0.1 and 0.5, with an average of around 0.3. This general finding is supported by the meta-analysis of Donnon et al, who found that: 'The predictive validity of the MCAT ranges from small to medium for both medical school performance and medical board licensing exam measures.'…”

“…It is interesting to note that many predictive validation studies have failed to apply these corrections. Notable exceptions include the work of Carline et al, 4 Hynes and Givner, 6 Cullen et al, 7 Basco et al 20 I, II and III, GPA1, GPA2, GPA3, interview).…”

“…, 3 Carline et al. , 4 McGuire, 5 Hynes and Givner 6 and Cullen et al. 7 suggest that correlations between MCAT scores and academic results vary between 0.1 and 0.5, with an average of around 0.3.…”

The internal consistency of medical students' scores in their physiopathology and clinical courses

“…There are a great deal of studies which assessed the relationship of some of variables such as students' scores in high school, [2,3] premedical summer programs [4] and admission tests [5,6] and even their personal characteristics with students' scores in their courses. [2,3,7] Most of these studies used those scores and characteristics as predictors of students' achievement.…”