Non-Cognitive Selected Students Do Not Outperform Lottery-Admitted Students in the Pre-Clinical Stage of Medical School

Autor/inn/en	Lucieer, Susanna M.; Stegers-Jager, Karen M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Themmen, Axel P. N.
Titel	Non-Cognitive Selected Students Do Not Outperform Lottery-Admitted Students in the Pre-Clinical Stage of Medical School
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 21 (2016) 1, S.51-61 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-015-9610-4
Schlagwörter	Medical Schools; Medical Students; Selective Admission; Admission Criteria; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Dropouts; Reentry Students; Grade Point Average; Statistical Analysis; Predictive Validity; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Bildungsselektion; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Schulleistung; Ausland; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Statistische Analyse; Niederlande
Abstract	Medical schools all over the world select applicants using non-cognitive and cognitive criteria. The predictive value of these different types of selection criteria has however never been investigated within the same curriculum while using a control group. We therefore set up a study that enabled us to compare the academic performance of three different admission groups, all composed of school-leaver entry students, and all enrolled in the same Bachelor curriculum: students selected on non-cognitive criteria, students selected on cognitive criteria and students admitted by lottery. First-year GPA and number of course credits (ECTS) at 52 weeks after enrollment of non-cognitive selected students (N = 102), cognitive selected students (N = 92) and lottery-admitted students (N = 356) were analyzed. In addition, chances of dropping out, probability of passing the third-year OSCE, and completing the Bachelor program in 3 years were compared. Although there were no significant differences between the admission groups in first-year GPA, cognitive selected students had obtained significantly more ECTS at 52 weeks and dropped out less often than lottery-admitted students. Probabilities of passing the OSCE and completing the bachelor program in 3 years did not significantly differ between the groups. These findings indicate that the use of only non-cognitive selection criteria is not sufficient to select the best academically performing students, most probably because a minimal cognitive basis is needed to succeed in medical school. (As Provided).
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