Chen Wei, Corridon Peter R
Pre-Medicine Bridge Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Immunology and Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2020 Dec 28;7:2382120520981979. doi: 10.1177/2382120520981979. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.
To investigate whether full-length practice exams could predict performance in the new MCAT exam in a pilot group.
A dataset of the first group of students who enrolled in the premedical post-baccalaureate program, established at Khalifa University of Science and Technology in the 2018-2019 academic year, were used. Nineteen students from the group were subsequently admitted to the newly launched Doctor of Medicine Program at KU in the 2019 fall semester.
Performance in the full-length practice exams may significantly predict the MCAT score (β = 0.74, = 6.50, = 0.000), independent of English proficiency.
These results are the first to provide direct empirical evidence supporting that doing full-length practice exams before the MCAT test day is a good strategy for preparation. Given the size of the cohort and the amount of time the program has been in existence, further studies are thus required to support this initial result.
在一个试点小组中研究全真模拟考试是否能够预测新的医学院入学考试（MCAT）成绩。
使用了一组学生的数据集，这些学生是在2018 - 2019学年于哈利法科技大学设立的医学预科后学士学位项目中首批入学的。该组中的19名学生随后于2019年秋季学期被哈利法大学新推出的医学博士项目录取。
全真模拟考试的成绩可以显著预测医学院入学考试（MCAT）分数（β = 0.74，t = 6.50，p = 0.000），与英语水平无关。
这些结果首次提供了直接的实证证据，支持在医学院入学考试（MCAT）考试日之前进行全真模拟考试是一种很好的备考策略。鉴于该队列的规模和该项目存在的时间长度，因此需要进一步的研究来支持这一初步结果。
