PMID- 17525242
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070925
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0098-6151 (Print)
IS  - 0098-6151 (Linking)
VI  - 107
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Apr
TI  - Does the medical college admission test predict global academic performance in 
      osteopathic medical school?
PG  - 157-62
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the extent to which Medical College Admission Test 
      (MCAT) subscores predict the overall academic performance of osteopathic medical 
      students. METHODS: We examined the value of MCAT subscores in predicting 
      students' global academic performance in osteopathic medical school, as defined 
      by grade point average in basic science (basic GPA), clinical instruction 
      (clinical GPA), cumulative grade point average (total GPA), and national 
      licensing examination scores on the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing 
      Examination-USA (COMLEX-USA) Level 1 and Level 2. Subjects were 434 osteopathic 
      medical students of the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine 
      in Tulsa who either graduated or were expected to graduate between the years 1999 
      and 2003. Standard, multivariate linear regression analyses were conducted for 
      each of the five performance variables to assess the relative importance of MCAT 
      subtest scores and cumulative undergraduate GPA (total UGPA) in predicting 
      academic performance. RESULTS: Total UGPA was the most important, significant 
      predictor (beta=.13-.33) in overall student academic performance for all five 
      analyzed variables. Less predictive of overall academic performance 
      (beta=-.01-.21) were MCAT subcores. However, the MCAT biological sciences 
      subscore was a significant predictor of basic GPA (beta=.14), the MCAT physical 
      sciences subscore significantly predicted COMLEX-USA Level 1 scores (beta=.15), 
      and the MCAT verbal reasoning subscore significantly predicted COMLEX-USA Level 2 
      scores (beta=.21). The subscore for the MCAT writing sample was not a significant 
      predictor of overall academic performance. CONCLUSION: Total undergraduate GPA 
      had the highest predictive value for academic performance as measured by basic 
      GPA, clinical GPA, total GPA, and COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2 scores. The 
      present study found MCAT subscores to be of limited predictive value in 
      determining global academic performance.
FAU - Evans, Paul
AU  - Evans P
AD  - Georgia Campus-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 625 Old Peachtree 
      Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024-2937, USA. paulev@pcom.edu
FAU - Wen, Frances K
AU  - Wen FK
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Osteopath Assoc
JT  - The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
JID - 7503065
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *College Admission Test
MH  - Educational Measurement
MH  - Female
MH  - Forecasting/methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Oklahoma
MH  - Osteopathic Medicine/*education
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - *Schools, Medical
MH  - *Students, Medical
EDAT- 2007/05/26 09:00
MHDA- 2007/09/26 09:00
CRDT- 2007/05/26 09:00
PHST- 2007/05/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/09/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/05/26 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 107/4/157 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2007 Apr;107(4):157-62.