A comparison of students from main and alternate admission lists at one school: The potential impact on student performance of increasing enrollment

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 837-841

  Paolo, Anthony M ^a,b   Stites, Steven ^a   Bonaminio, Giulia A ^a   Cox, Glendon ^a   Zeiger, Laura ^a   Meyer, Mark ^a   McCurdy, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION; STUDENT T TEST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748250665     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000233011.62251.6c     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Association of American Medical Colleges. The Physician Workforce: Position Statement. Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges, February 22, 2005.
2. Cooper RA. Medical schools and their applicants: an analysis. Health Affairs. 2003;22:71-84.
3. DeVaul RA, Jervey F, Chappell JA, Caver P, Short B, O'Keefe S. Medical school performance of initially rejected students. JAMA. 1987;257:47-51.
4. Kulatunga-Moruzi C, Norman GR. Validity of admissions measures in predicting performance outcomes: a comparison of those who were and were not accepted at McMaster. Teach Learn Med. 2002;14:43-48.
5. Paolo AM, Bonaminio GA. Measuring outcomes of undergraduate medical education: residency directors' ratings of first-year residents. Acad Med. 2003;78:90-95.
6. Cohen J. Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1988.
7. Julian ER. Validity of the Medical College Admission Test for predicting medical school performance. Acad Med. 2005;80:910-17.
8. Association of American Medical Colleges. Data Warehouse Applicant Matriculant File (http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2004/041020.htm). Accessed 11 May 2006. Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, October 14, 2004.