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Sesate, Diana B.; Milem, Jeffrey F.; McIntosh, Kadian L.; Bryan, W. Patrick – Research in Higher Education, 2017
The relative impact of admissions factors and curricular measures on the first medical licensing exam (United States Medical Licensing Exam [USMLE] Step 1) scores is examined. The inclusion of first-year and second-year curricular measures nearly doubled the variance explained in Step 1 scores from the amount explained by the combination of…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Graduate Medical Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Predictive Validity
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Shiroma, Paulo R.; Alarcon, Renato D. – Academic Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: The authors examine the association between the selection factors used in a psychiatric residency program and subsequent clinical and academic performance among international medical graduate (IMG) candidates. Methods: The authors completed a retrospective review of application files and residency evaluations of 50 IMG residents who…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Behavioral Objectives, Psychiatry, Program Effectiveness
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Berner, Eta S.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
It is proposed that, despite the fact that no large body of data from the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is available, predictive validity of National Board of Medical Examiners test scores supports use of USMLE scores for screening potential new medical residents. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education
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O'Donnell, M. J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
General information about Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) are offered to support proper use of the results for three general, nonlicensure applications: (1) evaluation of academic achievement; (2) program evaluation; and (3) selection for residencies. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Graduate Medical Education
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Albanese, Mark A.; Farrell, Philip; Dottl, Susan – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
In 2001, Dr. Jordan Cohen, President of the AAMC, called for medical schools to consider using an Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) threshold to eliminate high-risk applicants from consideration and then to use non-academic qualifications for further consideration. This approach would seem to be consistent with the recent Supreme Court ruling…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Medical Schools, Qualifications, College Admission