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The value of Ordinary and Advanced level British school‐leaving examination results in predicting medical students'academic performance
Author(s) -
MAWHINNEY B. S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1976.tb00537.x
Subject(s) - physical examination , medical school , medical education , final examination , educational measurement , value (mathematics) , medicine , psychology , family medicine , surgery , curriculum , pedagogy , mathematics , statistics
Summary This paper examines the correlation between students' school‐leaving examination results and medical school examination results, and discusses the usefulness of O and A level examination results as predictors of a student's ability to pass pre‐clinical examinations in anatomy, physiology and biochemistry.