2012
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-60
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The validity of Iran’s national university entrance examination (Konkoor) for predicting medical students’ academic performance

Abstract: Background In Iran, admission to medical school is based solely on the results of the highly competitive, nationwide Konkoor examination. This paper examines the predictive validity of Konkoor scores, alone and in combination with high school grade point averages (hsGPAs), for the academic performance of public medical school students in Iran. Methods This study followed the cohort of 2003 matriculants at public medical schools in Iran from entrance through internship. … Show more

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“…In the Iranian medical schools, knowledge of students is best determined by cumulative grade point average (cGPA), medical students’ comprehensive basic sciences exam (CBSE) score, and national university entrance exam (known as Konkoor) rank (19). …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the Iranian medical schools, knowledge of students is best determined by cumulative grade point average (cGPA), medical students’ comprehensive basic sciences exam (CBSE) score, and national university entrance exam (known as Konkoor) rank (19). …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies show that an optimum combination of these factors should be considered to select medical students for medical universities, and being on the extreme side of high intellectual ability is not enough to select a candidate for medical education 64 . On the other hand, performance on the entrance exam is a relatively poor predictor of future academic performance, and that its predictive validity declines over the academic years of medical school 65 . So, it can be hypothesized that the two following approaches might be useful to manage the condition.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Those who assessed the questionnaires were faculty members of the Educational Development Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences who had formal education in this field. ''Having prior medical experience'' for medical students is not usual in Iran, because the only criterion for medicine is the university entrance exam which is just an academic score (Farrokhi-Khajeh-Pasha et al 2012). Because of its highly competitive nature, the students are not required to have any other activity.…”
Section: Dear Sirmentioning
confidence: 99%