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Rethinking the admission criteria to nursing school

Nurse Education Today, 2011
The main objective of this study was to identify the best predictors for student achievements (Undergraduate Grade Point Average (UGPA)) in their first year in an undergraduate nursing programme. Data were acquired from the Tracking Project database which is held by the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland.
Shulruf, Boaz, Wang, Ying Grace, Zhao, Yipin Jessica, Baker, Heather   +3 more
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Statistical Criteria for Setting Thresholds in Medical School Admissions

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 on the
Mark A, Albanese, Philip, Farrell, Susan, Dottl   +2 more
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Correlation of Admission Criteria with Dental School Performance and Attrition

Journal of Dental Education, 2002
This study was conducted to provide current information on the relationship between admission criteria and dental school performance, including the association of admission criteria and dental school outcomes such as remediation and attrition. Standard tests of bivariate association and multivariate regression models appropriate for continuous and ...
Pamela L, Sandow, Anne C, Jones, Chuck W, Peek, Frank J, Courts, Ronald E, Watson   +4 more
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Medical School Admission Criteria

JAMA, 1997
Davidson and Lewis 1 report on 20 years of experience with a special admission program at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine (UC Davis). This school, like the other allopathic medical schools and osteopathic medical colleges in the United States, is blessed with a surfeit of applicants: UC Davis had 5162 formal applicants in 1997 ...
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Increasing the Relative Weight of Noncognitive Admission Criteria Improves Underrepresented Minority Admission Rates to Medical School

Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2015
CONSTRUCT: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of varying the relative weights of cognitive versus noncognitive admission criteria on the proportion of underrepresented minorities admitted to medical school. It answers the question, "Can medical schools increase the admission rates of underrepresented minority (URM) students by ...
Marlene P, Ballejos, Robert L, Rhyne, Jay, Parkes   +2 more
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Rethinking Dental School Admission Criteria: Correlation Between Pre‐Admission Variables and First‐Year Performance for Six Classes at One Dental School

Journal of Dental Education, 2018
Admissions committees in dental schools are charged with the responsibility of selecting candidates who will succeed in school and become successful members of the profession. Identifying students who will have academic difficulty is challenging. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of pre‐admission variables for the first‐year ...
Kevin C, Rowland, Susan, Rieken
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Dental school admissions in Ireland: can current selection criteria predict success?

European Journal of Dental Education, 2006
Introduction:  Entry into university education in Ireland, including dental school, is based solely on academic performance in the Leaving Certificate Examination, held at the end of formal school education. The aim of this investigation was to examine the suitability of this process for the selection of dental students in Ireland.Materials and methods:
C D, Lynch, R J, McConnell, A, Hannigan
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Foreign dental graduates: admission criteria and predicted success in an American dental school

Journal of Dental Education, 1980
In recent years the flow of foreign dental graduates into the United States has increased markedly. To ensure that these individuals have the knowledge and professional skills necessary to practice dentistry in the United States, several dental schools have established international student programs.
H C, Browder, S, Wilcox, J T, Martinoff
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A study of the University of Connecticut's criteria for admission into medical school

Medical Education, 1981
Summary Scores on nineteen pre‐admission and post‐admission performance variables for four classes of medical students were analysed using canonical correlation and regression methods. Detailed interviews with 138 clinical preceptors were included among the criterion variables.
R M, Rippey, S, Thal, S J, Bongard
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Effectiveness of medical school admissions criteria in predicting residency ranking four years later

Medical Education, 2006
Background  Medical schools across Canada expend great effort in selecting students from a large pool of qualified applicants. Non‐cognitive assessments are conducted by most schools in an effort to ensure that medical students have the personal characteristics of importance in the practice of Medicine.
Christopher, Peskun, Allan, Detsky, Maureen, Shandling   +2 more
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