The Effect of Curriculum Sample Selection for Medical School

Autor/inn/en	de Visser, Marieke; Fluit, Cornelia; Fransen, Jaap; Latijnhouwers, Mieke; Cohen-Schotanus, Janke; Laan, Roland
Titel	The Effect of Curriculum Sample Selection for Medical School
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 22 (2017) 1, S.43-56 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-016-9681-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Medical Schools; College Admission; Selective Admission; Online Courses; Tests; Scores; College Credits; Grade Point Average; Regression (Statistics); Competitive Selection; Undergraduate Students; Student Records; Dropouts; Statistical Analysis; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Medizinische Ausbildung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Bildungsselektion; Online course; Online-Kurs; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schülerakte; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Statistische Analyse; Niederlande
Abstract	In the Netherlands, students are admitted to medical school through (1) selection, (2) direct access by high pre-university Grade Point Average (pu-GPA), (3) lottery after being rejected in the selection procedure, or (4) lottery. At Radboud University Medical Center, 2010 was the first year we selected applicants. We designed a procedure based on tasks mimicking the reality of early medical school. Applicants took an online course followed by an on-site exam, resembling courses and exams in early medical school. Based on the exam scores, applicants were selected or rejected. The aim of our study is to determine whether curriculum sample selection explains performance in medical school and is preferable compared to selection based on performance in secondary school. We gathered data on the performance of students of three consecutive cohorts (2010-2012, N = 954). We compared medical school performance (course credits and grade points) of selected students to the three groups admitted in other ways, especially lottery admissions. In regression analyses, we controlled for out of context cognitive performance by adjusting for pu-GPA. Selection-admitted students outperformed lottery-admitted students on most outcome measures, unadjusted as well as adjusted for pu-GPA (p = 0.05). They had higher grade points than non-selected lottery students, both unadjusted and adjusted for pu-GPA (p = 0.025). Adjusted for pu-GPA, selection-admitted students and high-pu-GPA students performed equally. We recommend this selection procedure as it adds to secondary school cognitive performance for the general population of students, is efficient for large numbers of applicants and not labour-intensive. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01