Calvert Melanie J, Ross Nick M, Freemantle Nick, Xu Yong, Zvauya Remigio, Parle Jim V
University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
J R Soc Med. 2009 Oct;102(10):425-30. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090121.
To assess whether medical students on graduate entry/fast- track programmes perform as well as students on standard courses.
Retrospective cohort study.
University of Birmingham Medical School.
Medical students on graduate entry/fast-track course and standard (5-year) course ('mainstream').
Examination marks from all assessments taken simultaneously by graduate entry course (GEC) and mainstream course students once the cohorts have combined: i.e. for the final three years of the programme. Honours awards for 2007 and 2008 graduates.
In total 19,263 examination results were analysed from 1547 students. Of these 161 were GEC students and 1386 were mainstream medical students. On average mainstream students, male students, overseas students and students of South Asian ethnicity obtained lower examination marks than graduate entry students, female students, home or EU students and students of non-South Asian ethnicity, respectively. Graduate entry students were significantly more likely to achieve honours degrees than mainstream students.
On average the academic performance of Graduate Entry medical students at the University of Birmingham is better than mainstream medical students.
评估本科毕业后入学/快速课程项目的医学生与标准课程的医学生表现是否一样好。
回顾性队列研究。
伯明翰大学医学院。
本科毕业后入学/快速课程的医学生和标准（5年制）课程（“主流”）的医学生。
一旦两个队列合并，本科毕业后入学课程（GEC）和主流课程的学生同时参加的所有评估的考试成绩：即该项目最后三年的成绩。2007年和2008年毕业生的荣誉奖项。
共分析了1547名学生的19263份考试成绩。其中161名是本科毕业后入学课程的学生，1386名是主流医学生。平均而言，主流学生、男生、海外学生和南亚裔学生的考试成绩分别低于本科毕业后入学的学生、女生、本地或欧盟学生以及非南亚裔学生。本科毕业后入学的学生获得荣誉学位的可能性明显高于主流学生。
平均而言，伯明翰大学本科毕业后入学的医学生的学业成绩优于主流医学生。
