Wallace W F, Sanderson G, Mercer C G, Gilmore R S
Ulster Med J. 1988 Oct;57(2):149-54.
The relationship between entry qualifications and performance throughout the medical course was studied in individual cohorts of students admitted in the years 1977 to 1981. A modest but significant relationship with overall initial qualifications was found throughout the course. Students without biology showed a marked disadvantage in the first year but the effect did not persist. There were quite marked variations in all these effects between cohorts; studying only a single cohort could lead to inappropriate conclusions.
对1977年至1981年入学的各批学生在整个医学课程学习期间的入学资格与学业表现之间的关系进行了研究。在整个课程中发现入学资格与总体初始成绩之间存在适度但显著的关系。没有生物学基础的学生在第一年表现出明显劣势,但这种影响并未持续。各批学生在所有这些影响方面存在相当明显的差异;仅研究一批学生可能会得出不恰当的结论。