Werwick Katrin, Winkler-Stuck Kirstin, Robra Bernt-Peter
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Medicine, Department for Student Affairs, Magdeburg, Germany.
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine and Health Economics, Magdeburg, Germany.
GMS J Med Educ. 2018 Aug 15;35(3):Doc30. doi: 10.3205/zma001176. eCollection 2018.
For the winter semester 2012/13, the Medical School of Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg introduced the HAM-Nat test (Hamburg Assessment Test for Medical Degrees - Natural Sciences Section) for the selection of its study applicants with the aim of improving the academic success of their students in the pre-clinical part which has a heavy emphasis on natural sciences. The study examines the extent to which the new University Selection Procedure (AdH) influences two criteria for measuring students' success, compliance with the standard period of study up until the first part of the medical state exam (M1) and its result. A comparison of above-mentioned parameters for measuring student success for the matriculation years 2008-2011 (no HAM-Nat test, Pre-Matriculation) and those of the matriculation years 2012-2014 (Nat-Matriculation), whose students have passed the HAM-Nat test in the selection process of the university. In addition, it was taken into account the number of course certificates gained within the standard time period. In the Nat-Matriculation, the HAM-Nat results were merged with the associated M1 exam results. The proportion of AdH students who were admitted to the Physikum (first part of the medical state exam (M1)) within the standard period of study only increased slightly in the period studied. Within the AdH group, 70% of the Pre-Matriculation group gained entry to the second phase of studies without delay, rising to 78% in the AdH-group of the Nat-Matriculation. For all admission groups taken together, the overall grades for the first section of the medical state exam 2010-2016 show a positive trend, regardless of the selection procedure. The proportion of correctly answered questions in the nationwide M1 increased accordingly in the period studied. The better those matriculating had performed in the HAM-Nat test, the better their results were in the written and oral parts of the first part of the medical state exam. Although a significant proportion of students in the AdH group had obtained their place of study only on the basis of their test result and the score in the HAM-Nat test only weakly correlated with the school leaving grade (Abitur), the quantifiable study success parameters to date - in an albeit short observation period before and after introduction of the test - improved slightly. The number of Nat-Matriculations is too low to be able to assess the effect of the HAM-Nat test bearing in mind natural fluctuations. Nevertheless, the HAM-Nat test as an instrument of selection also made it possible for candidates with originally insufficient Abitur grades to gain admission without negative effects on the study success of the AdH cohort.
在2012/13年冬季学期，马格德堡奥托 - 冯 - 格里克大学医学院引入了HAM-Nat测试（汉堡医学学位评估测试 - 自然科学部分），用于选拔其申请入学的学生，目的是提高学生在临床前阶段（该阶段非常注重自然科学）的学业成绩。该研究考察了新的大学选拔程序（AdH）对衡量学生学业成功的两个标准的影响程度，即符合直到医学国家考试第一部分（M1）的标准学习期限以及该考试的结果。对2008 - 2011年入学年份（无HAM-Nat测试，预科入学）和2012 - 2014年入学年份（自然科学入学）的上述衡量学生学业成功的参数进行了比较，后者的学生在大学选拔过程中通过了HAM-Nat测试。此外，还考虑了在标准时间段内获得的课程证书数量。在自然科学入学组中，HAM-Nat测试结果与相关的M1考试结果合并。在研究期间，仅在标准学习期限内被允许进入医学预科（医学国家考试第一部分（M1））的AdH学生比例略有增加。在AdH组中，预科入学组70%的学生顺利进入第二阶段学习，在自然科学入学组的AdH学生中这一比例上升到78%。对于所有录取组而言，2010 - 2016年医学国家考试第一部分的总体成绩呈积极趋势，无论选拔程序如何。在研究期间，全国范围内M{1}考试中正确回答问题的比例相应增加。那些在HAM-Nat测试中表现越好的入学学生，在医学国家考试第一部分的笔试和口试中的成绩就越好。尽管AdH组中有相当比例的学生仅根据考试结果获得了学习名额，且HAM-Nat测试成绩与高中毕业成绩（Abitur）的相关性较弱，但到目前为止，可量化的学业成功参数——尽管在测试引入前后的观察期较短——仍略有改善。自然科学入学的学生数量太少，考虑到自然波动因素，无法评估HAM-Nat测试的效果。然而，HAM-Nat测试作为一种选拔工具，也使得原本高中毕业成绩不足够的考生能够获得录取，且对AdH群体的学业成功没有负面影响。
