Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
BMC Med. 2013 Nov 14;11:245. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-245.
Medical student selection is an important but difficult task. Three recent papers by McManus et al. in BMC Medicine have re-examined the role of tests of attainment of learning (A' levels, GCSEs, SQA) and of aptitude (AH5, UKCAT), but on a much larger scale than previously attempted. They conclude that A' levels are still the best predictor of future success at medical school and beyond. However, A' levels account for only 65% of the variance in performance that is found. Therefore, more work is needed to establish relevant assessment of the other 35%. Please see related research articles http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/242, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/243 and http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/244.
医学生选拔是一项重要但艰巨的任务。最近 McManus 等人在《BMC 医学》上发表的三篇论文重新审视了学业成就测试(A 级、GCSE、SQA)和能力倾向测试(AH5、UKCAT)的作用,但规模比以前尝试的要大得多。他们得出的结论是,A 级仍然是预测未来在医学院及以后取得成功的最佳指标。然而,A 级仅解释了 65%的可观察到的成绩差异。因此,需要进一步研究以确定其余 35%的相关评估。请参阅相关研究文章:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/242、http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/243 和 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/244。