Monroe Katherine S, Amerson Lindsey, Bundy William, Greene Yulanda, Jarvis Gregory, Stever Jennifer, Patel Gaurav P
Department of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiologist Assistant Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2024 Sep 9;15:815-819. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S480696. eCollection 2024.
The Anesthesiologist Assistant (AA) profession is gaining popularity, and as such, the number of applicants and the number of AA programs are also increasing. There is no published data on what makes a good AA student - multiple studies exist in this regard for anesthesiology residents and medical students. The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) have shown to have some correlation with student success in other health professions. There is no data to suggest that they can indicate potential success or academic problems during AA school. As such, this study evaluated the impact of these standardized test scores and student success in both the preclinical and clinical curricula at the Emory AA program.
A retrospective analysis of MCAT scores and GRE scores was performed. 2-tailed Pearson coefficients were calculated to see if there was a relationship between higher MCAT and GRE scores and performance in our program.
2- tailed Pearson coefficients showed a moderately strong correlation between MCAT scores and our AA program's science curriculum. There was a weak correlation as well between GRE scores here. The correlation dropped slightly for the MCAT and performance during our clinical curriculum, and a similar drop was noted for the GRE.
Our study shows that the MCAT appears to more strongly correlated with better performance in both the science curriculum of our program and also with our clinical program. The study likely implies that the MCAT appears to be a better gauge as to how a student will do in an AA program in comparison to the GRE. Further studies are needed to understand how to appropriately admit students who will successfully complete the rigorous AA program curriculum both at Emory and beyond.
麻醉医师助理（AA）专业越来越受欢迎，因此，申请者数量和AA项目数量也在增加。目前尚无关于如何成为一名优秀AA专业学生的公开数据——在这方面，针对麻醉学住院医师和医学生已有多项研究。医学院入学考试（MCAT）和研究生入学考试（GRE）已被证明与其他健康专业学生的学业成绩存在一定相关性。但没有数据表明它们能预示AA专业学习期间的潜在成功或学业问题。因此，本研究评估了这些标准化考试成绩对埃默里大学AA项目临床前和临床课程中学生学业成绩的影响。
对MCAT成绩和GRE成绩进行回顾性分析。计算双尾皮尔逊系数，以确定较高的MCAT和GRE成绩与我们项目中的学业表现之间是否存在关联。
双尾皮尔逊系数显示，MCAT成绩与我们AA项目的科学课程之间存在中度强相关性。GRE成绩之间也存在弱相关性。在我们的临床课程中，MCAT成绩与学业表现之间的相关性略有下降，GRE成绩也有类似下降。
我们的研究表明，MCAT似乎与我们项目的科学课程以及临床课程中的更好表现更密切相关。该研究可能意味着，与GRE相比，MCAT似乎是衡量学生在AA项目中表现的更好指标。需要进一步研究，以了解如何恰当地录取那些将在埃默里大学及其他地方成功完成严格的AA项目课程的学生。
