Predicting Performance in the First-Year of Pharmacy School

Meagher, Donald G.; Pan, Tianshu; Perez, Christina D.

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“…Finally, as noted in a study of predictors of first-year pharmacy school performance, restriction of range is a persistent limitation for studies examining the correlation between admission variables and achievement. 32 The Pearsonproduct moment correlation is sensitive to restrictions of range in the values of variables. In the present study, correlations could be underreported.…”

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“…One study concluded that students most successful in the first year of pharmacy school had prepharmacy cumulative GPAs of 3.5 and higher PCAT scores in all subsets except problem-solving, compared with students placed on academic probation. 32 Our study was conducted at a school of pharmacy within a public university serving more than 14,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Pharmacy was established in 1885 and educates over 500 students per year using 2 campuses.…”

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Admission Variables Predictive of Academic Struggle in a PharmD Program

Schauner

Hardinger

Graham

et al. 2013

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To characterize and describe admission variables predictive of poor grade attainment by students in 2 pathways to a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) program. Methods. A retrospective analysis of course grades of PharmD students admitted from 2000 to 2009 (N5 1,019) in the traditional degree pathway ("1 plus 5" degree program) and the provisional pathway (admitted directly from high school) was performed. Results. Four hundred three grades of D or less were earned by 183 (18%) students. There were more grades of D or less in the first pharmacy year. Receipt of an unsatisfactory grade was associated with all Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) subcategory scores, PCAT composite score, cumulative prepharmacy coursework hours, prepharmacy grade point average (GPA), prepharmacy science and math GPA, and interview score for accepted students in the traditional pathway. For students in the provisional pathway, PCAT-quantitative analysis, PCAT composite score, prepharmacy cumulative GPA, prepharmacy science and math GPA, English American College Testing (ACT) score, and composite ACT score predicted poor grades. Conclusion. Admissions committees should heed PCAT scores and GPAs, regardless of program pathway, while progression committees should focus on early program coursework when designing strategies to optimize retention.

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Admission Variables Predictive of Academic Struggle in a PharmD Program

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Hardinger

Graham

et al. 2013

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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“…3 Other studies indicate the PCAT is a moderate to strong predictor of grades earned in pharmacy programs. [4][5][6] Other studies show that PCAT subtest scores are more predictive than the PCAT composite score of first-year GPA. [7][8][9] In addition to the PCAT, other predictors of academic success in the pharmacy programs are evaluated.…”

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“…Hardigan et al reported that faculty interview score was a significant predictor of first-year GPA, while Kidd et al reported that faculty interview score was not a predictor of first-through third-year GPA. 4,8 Other studies evaluating admissions criteria also have conflicting results, such as those evaluating the predictive ability of cumulative prepharmacy GPA, 4,6,8,[11][12][13][14][15] and prior work experience. 16,17 Briceland and Hamilton reported that students with previous pharmacy work experience and higher first-year GPAs had higher third-year (P3) experiential GPAs.…”

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“…[12][13][14] In contrast, attainment of a 4-year college degree was not a significant predictor in the models studied by Thomas, et al 9 Although several studies have correlated admissions criteria to academic success, most of these were in 4-year pharmacy programs, and results were inconsistent. [4][5][6][7][8][9][11][12][13][14][15]19 Limited studies have been conducted in 3-year pharmacy programs. In 2009, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) reported thirteen 3-year pharmacy programs enrolling students.…”

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Admissions Criteria as Predictors of Academic Performance in a Three-Year Pharmacy Program at a Historically Black Institution

Tejada

Parmar

Purnell

et al. 2016

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To determine the ability of University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy's admissions criteria to predict students' academic performance in a 3-year pharmacy program and to analyze transferability to African-American students. Methods. Statistical analyses were conducted on retrospective data for 174 students. Didactic and experiential scores were used as measures of academic performance. Results. Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT), grade point average (GPA), interview, and observational scores combined with previous pharmacy experience and biochemistry coursework predicted the students' academic performance except second-year (P2) experiential performance. For African-American students, didactic performance positively correlated with PCAT writing subtests, while the experiential performance positively correlated with previous pharmacy experience and observational score. For nonAfrican-American students, didactic performance positively correlated with PCAT multiple-choice subtests, and experiential performance with interview score. The prerequisite GPA positively correlated with both of the student subgroups' didactic performance. Conclusion. Both PCAT and GPA were predictors of didactic performance, especially in nonAfricanAmericans. Pharmacy experience and observational scores were predictors of experiential performance, especially in African-Americans.

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Ability of Admissions Criteria to Predict Early Academic Performance Among Students of Health Science Colleges at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Alhadlaq

Alshammari

Alsager

et al. 2015

Journal of Dental Education

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of admissions criteria at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to predict students' early academic performance at three health science colleges (medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy). A retrospective cohort study was conducted with data from the records of students enrolled in the three colleges from the 2008-09 to 2010-11 academic years. The admissions criteria-high school grade average (HSGA), aptitude test (APT) score, and achievement test (ACT) score-were the independent variables. The dependent variable was the average of students' irst-and secondyear grade point average (GPA). The results showed that the ACT was a better predictor of the students' early academic performance than the HSGA (β=0.368, β=0.254, respectively). No signiicant relationship was found between the APT and students' early academic performance (β=-0.019, p>0.01). The ACT was most predictive for pharmacy students (β=0.405), followed by dental students (β =0.392) and medical students (β=0.195). Overall, the current admissions criteria explained only 25.5% of the variance in the students' early academic performance. While the ACT and HSGA were found to be predictive of students' early academic performance in health colleges at KSU, the APT was not a strong predictor. Since the combined current admissions criteria for the health science colleges at KSU were weak predictors of the variance in early academic performance, it may be necessary to consider noncognitive evaluation methods during the admission process.

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Predicting Performance in the First-Year of Pharmacy School

Cited by 57 publications

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Admission Variables Predictive of Academic Struggle in a PharmD Program

Admission Variables Predictive of Academic Struggle in a PharmD Program

Admissions Criteria as Predictors of Academic Performance in a Three-Year Pharmacy Program at a Historically Black Institution

Ability of Admissions Criteria to Predict Early Academic Performance Among Students of Health Science Colleges at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

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