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JACOBSEN, TONY L.; AND OTHERS – 1965
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE PREDICTIVE ACCURACY OF THREE MEDICAL SCHOOL SELECTION DEVICES--PREMEDICAL GRADES, THE MEDICAL COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST (MCAT), AND THE BIOGRAPHICAL INVENTORY FOR MEDICINE (BIM). THE BIM REPRESENTS A NEWLY DEVISED SELECTION INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL. IN THE STUDY, EACH INSTRUMENT WAS VALIDATED AGAINST…
Descriptors: Achievement, Admission Criteria, Medical Case Histories, Medical Evaluation
Peer reviewedNelson-Jones, Richard; Fish, David G. – Journal of Medical Education, 1970
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Testing, Evaluation, Geographic Location
Direct linkAlbanese, Mark A.; Farrell, Philip; Dottl, Susan – 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…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Medical Schools, Qualifications, College Admission
