Hann R
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Cayey, PR 00634.
P R Health Sci J. 1988 Dec;7(3):251-6.
This study examines the relationship between undergraduate grade-point average and several parameters that measure performance for a pool of 316 Hispanic Puerto Rico residents admitted to a private medical school in Puerto Rico as freshmen between 1979 and 1983. Significant positive linear correlation was found between the undergraduate average and the medical school cumulative, basic science and clinical science grade-point averages of all Puerto Rico residents who achieved graduation from this school (linear correlation coefficient r = +0.25, +0.22, +0.24, respectively; P less than 0.01 in all cases). Significant negative linear correlation was found between the undergraduate average and the percentage of students experiencing academic difficulty during medical school (r = -0.85, P less than 0.05). On the other hand, correlation between the undergraduate average and student performance on the first two parts of the National Medical Board Examination was not statistically significant (Part I: r = +0.11, P less than 0.2; Part II: r = +0.12, P less than 0.3). No correlation was observed between undergraduate average and subjective evaluation of graduate performance during the first postgraduate year.
本研究考察了本科平均绩点与若干衡量成绩的参数之间的关系，这些参数针对1979年至1983年间作为新生被波多黎各一所私立医学院录取的316名西班牙裔波多黎各居民。对于所有从该校毕业的波多黎各居民，本科平均绩点与医学院累积平均绩点、基础科学平均绩点和临床科学平均绩点之间存在显著的正线性相关（线性相关系数r分别为+0.25、+0.22、+0.24；所有情况下P均小于0.01）。本科平均绩点与医学院期间经历学业困难的学生百分比之间存在显著的负线性相关（r = -0.85，P小于0.05）。另一方面，本科平均绩点与国家医学委员会考试前两部分的学生成绩之间的相关性无统计学意义（第一部分：r = +0.11，P小于0.2；第二部分：r = +0.12，P小于0.3）。本科平均绩点与研究生一年级期间毕业生表现的主观评价之间未观察到相关性。
