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Validity of the Medical College Admission Test for Predicting MD-PhD Student Outcomes

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Bills, James L.; VanHouten, Jacob; Grundy, Michelle M.; Chalkley, Roger; Dermody, Terence S. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016

The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a quantitative metric used by MD and MD-PhD programs to evaluate applicants for admission. This study assessed the validity of the MCAT in predicting training performance measures and career outcomes for MD-PhD students at a single institution. The study population consisted of 153 graduates of the…

Descriptors: Medical Schools, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Predictive Validity

Selection to the Master's Phase at the Binary Divide, a Dutch Case Study

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van Os, Willem – Tertiary Education and Management, 2007

This article presents a case study of selection for graduate study at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in the Netherlands. The VU developed and implemented an assessment instrument for students with a vocational Bachelor degree wishing to pursue a Master's programme at the university. This instrument is new in the egalitarian higher education culture…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Selective Admission