Admission To Medical Colleges- Predictive Validity Of Selection Criteria.

2016-09-02T05-55-35Z
Source: National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine
*Dr. Vrushali R Parate,*Dr. Sushma S. Pande,**Dr. Pushpa O. Lokare.
Background & objective: Appropriate selection criteria for admission to medical college is a fundamental prerequisite where number of aspirants seeking admission to medical college has increased. The selection criteria used by medical colleges has been changing from time to time and not uniform all over India. Hence it is important to validate the selection criteria by observing performance of students during medical course. The study aims to find predictive value of entrance test & science score obtained at HSC level on the performance of medical students in I MBBS University Examination. Methods: The study included marks obtained in science subjects at HSC level, Entrance and I MBBS University examination for four consecutive batches(2009 to 2012). Correlation between all three variables was found using spearman rank correlation. Results: Performance in I MBBS examination showed no correlation with Entrance score but correlated significantly with science scores at HSC level (p


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