Abdulrazzaq Y M, Qayed K I
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University.
Med Teach. 1993;15(2-3):243-51. doi: 10.3109/01421599309006718.
The performance of three groups of medical students was evaluated at the end of one phase of their studies--after 2 years of premedicine. The aim of the study was to determine whether any of the assessment methods--secondary school grades, entrance examination or test for proficiency in the English language, used for selection of medical students, could reliably predict student performance in the early stages of their education. A significant correlation was found between secondary school grades and the entrance exam on the one hand and grade point average (GPA) on the other. However the results of the test for English proficiency did not correlate with the GPA. It is concluded that the secondary school grade on its own is a good predictor of academic performance in the early stages of medical undergraduate education.
在医学预科学习两年后的一个阶段结束时，对三组医学生的表现进行了评估。该研究的目的是确定用于选拔医学生的任何评估方法——中学成绩、入学考试或英语水平测试——是否能够可靠地预测学生在教育早期阶段的表现。一方面发现中学成绩和入学考试与另一方面的平均绩点（GPA）之间存在显著相关性。然而，英语水平测试的结果与GPA并无关联。得出的结论是，中学成绩本身就是医学本科教育早期学业表现的良好预测指标。
