Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK.
Med Teach. 2009 Nov;31(11):1018-23. doi: 10.3109/01421590802520923.
The United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UK-CAT) was introduced for the purpose of student selection by a consortium of 23 UK University Medical and Dental Schools, including the University of Aberdeen in 2006.
To compare candidate performance on UK-CAT with local medical student selection outcome.
We compared the outcomes of all applicants to Medicine, University of Aberdeen (UoA), in 2006 who undertook the UK-CAT. The candidates were selected into one of five outcomes (academic reject, reject following assessment, reject following interview, reserve list or offer). The candidate performance in the UK-CAT was compared to candidate performance on the UoA selection.
Data are reported on 1307 (85.0%) students who applied to UoA in 2006 and undertook the UK-CAT. Total UK-CAT scores were significantly correlated with local selection scores. However, of 314 students offered a place following the conventional selection process, only 101 were also in the highest scoring 318 on the UK-CAT.
Results from this study indicate that UK-CAT scores show weak correlation with success in our medical admissions process. It appears therefore that the UK-CAT examines different traits compared to our selection process. Further work is required to establish which better predicts success as an undergraduate or as a doctor.
联合王国临床能力倾向测验（UK-CAT）于 2006 年由 23 所英国大学医学和牙科学院组成的联盟引入，旨在为学生选拔服务，包括阿伯丁大学。
比较 UK-CAT 考生的表现与当地医学生选拔结果。
我们比较了 2006 年所有申请阿伯丁大学医学专业的申请人的成绩，这些申请人都参加了 UK-CAT。候选人被分为以下五种结果之一（学术拒绝、评估后拒绝、面试后拒绝、候补名单或录取）。将 UK-CAT 中的候选人表现与 UoA 的选拔进行比较。
报告了 2006 年向 UoA 申请并参加 UK-CAT 的 1307 名（85.0%）学生的数据。UK-CAT 的总分数与当地选拔分数显著相关。然而，在经过传统选拔程序获得录取的 314 名学生中，只有 101 名学生的 UK-CAT 分数也在最高的 318 分之列。
本研究的结果表明，UK-CAT 分数与我们医学招生过程中的成功相关性较弱。因此，UK-CAT 似乎与我们的选拔过程考察了不同的特质。需要进一步的工作来确定哪个更好地预测作为本科生或医生的成功。
