Stephens M C, Mirwaldt P, Matusik S
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 1998;57 Suppl 1:87-90.
The Special Premedical Studies Program (SPSP) has been successful in preparing Aboriginal students in Canada for admission to medicine, dentistry, medical rehabilitation, and pharmacy at the University of Manitoba. The success rate for admission to these faculties is 20%. There is a higher failure rate in the basic years of medical/dental education, but remediation has been 100% successful. Failure rates in the clinical years do not differ from those of the mainstream population. Grade point averages and MCAT scores are given less weight in the special consideration category of application at the University of Manitoba. SPSP students can and do apply to this category. The higher rate of first unsuccessful attempt in the basic years of medical education specifically can be attributed to a variety of factors, including reading skills. Although the numbers are small, we show that there is a correlation between the comprehension score of the Nelson-Denny test and the verbal score of MCAT. But there was no difference on the average between verbal score in MCAT and pass/fail in basic medical years. Students who scored above the 80th percentile on the comprehension portion of the Nelson-Denny test were successful in their first attempt at examinations in medical school.
特殊医学预科研究项目（SPSP）已成功帮助加拿大的原住民学生为进入曼尼托巴大学的医学、牙医学、医学康复和药学专业做好准备。这些专业的录取成功率为20%。在医学/牙医学教育的基础阶段，不及格率较高，但补救措施100%成功。临床阶段的不及格率与主流人群无异。在曼尼托巴大学申请的特殊考虑类别中，平均绩点和医学院入学考试（MCAT）成绩的权重较低。SPSP学生可以且确实申请这一类别。医学教育基础阶段首次尝试失败率较高，具体可归因于多种因素，包括阅读技能。尽管人数不多，但我们表明，纳尔逊 - 丹尼测试的理解分数与MCAT的语言分数之间存在相关性。但MCAT语言分数与医学基础阶段的及格/不及格情况平均并无差异。在纳尔逊 - 丹尼测试理解部分得分高于第80百分位的学生，在医学院的首次考试中取得了成功。
