Iftikhar Sundus, Cheema Khalid Mahmood, Aziz Iqra
Sundus Iftikhar, M.Phil. Dental Materials, MHPE Department of Medical Education, Shalamar Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Khalid Mahmood Cheema, MS Surgery Department of Medical Education, Shalamar Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2023 Nov-Dec;39(6):1706-1710. doi: 10.12669/pjms.39.6.6839.
To determine the relationship between scores obtained by students in assessments considered as admission criteria (cognitive and non-cognitive) with their academic performance in medical college.
This correlational study used the data of students who got admission in Shalamar Medical and Dental College (SMDC) in 2015. Spearman correlation and Multiple regression tests were carried out to determine the relationship between admission criteria (Matric, FSC, MDCAT and MMI) and academic performance in medical college (pre-clinical and clinical years).
There was significant positive correlation between scores obtained in MDCAT and pre-clinical years. When combined, MDCAT and MMI scores showed a significant positive correlation with scores obtained by students in clinical years. Scores obtained by students in pre-clinical years strongly correlated with their performance in clinical years. While scores obtained by students in FSC showed negative correlation with clinical year scores, significantly.
It is concluded that the tools used for admission criteria should include both cognitive and non-cognitive elements. MDCAT is a good predictor of academic performance in pre-clinical years however it can only predict performance in clinical years when combined with MMI since MMI assesses the non-cognitive attributes (communication, empathy, ethics etc.) required in those years. FSC should not be given weightage as admission criteria owing to a lot of variability in the exams and scoring of different academic boards of the country.
确定被视为录取标准的评估（认知和非认知）中学生所得分数与其在医学院学业成绩之间的关系。
这项相关性研究使用了2015年进入沙勒马尔医学院和牙科学院（SMDC）的学生数据。进行了斯皮尔曼相关性和多元回归测试，以确定录取标准（中学毕业考试、高中理科、医学入学考试和多迷你面试）与医学院学业成绩（临床前和临床阶段）之间的关系。
医学入学考试成绩与临床前阶段成绩之间存在显著正相关。综合来看，医学入学考试和多迷你面试成绩与学生临床阶段所得分数呈显著正相关。学生临床前阶段所得分数与他们临床阶段的表现密切相关。而学生高中理科成绩与临床阶段成绩呈显著负相关。
得出的结论是，用于录取标准的工具应同时包括认知和非认知要素。医学入学考试是临床前阶段学业成绩的良好预测指标，然而，只有与多迷你面试相结合时，它才能预测临床阶段的成绩，因为多迷你面试评估了该阶段所需的非认知属性（沟通、同理心、道德等）。由于该国不同学术委员会的考试和评分存在很大差异，高中理科不应作为录取标准给予权重。
