Validity of Admissions Measures in Predicting Performance Outcomes: The Contribution of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Dimensions
Teaching and Learning in MedicinePublished 1 January 2002
Chan Kulatunga-Moruzi, Geoffrey R. Norman
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Undergraduate GPAs have the most utility in predicting both academic and clinical performance, and the MCAT Verbal Reasoning score and the personal interview were found to be useful in predicting communication skills on the LMCC Part II.
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The results have implications for any school that uses the interview as an admissions tool.
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