PMID- 30801115
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200319
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1945-1997 (Electronic)
IS  - 0098-6151 (Linking)
VI  - 119
IP  - 3
DP  - 2019 Mar 1
TI  - Nelson-Denny Reading Test Scores as a Predictor of Student Success in Osteopathic 
      Medical Education.
PG  - 189-197
LID - 10.7556/jaoa.2019.030 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Reading skills are crucial in medical school, where students are 
      expected to absorb an onslaught of new and complex material. Studies on reading 
      assessment in osteopathic medical education are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To address 
      gaps in the literature related to reading assessment and to investigate the 
      correlation of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test with various performance indicators 
      in osteopathic medical education. METHODS: The West Virginia School of 
      Osteopathic Medicine administered the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to first- and 
      second-year students between 2015 and 2017. Raw scores were translated into the 
      percentile rank, scale score, grade equivalent score, and stanine score based on 
      guidelines supplied with the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. These translated scores 
      were compared with Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores, first- and 
      second-year performance on course examinations, Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical 
      Licensing Examination-USA (COMLEX-USA) Level 1 scores, and scores provided in a 
      2002 study by Haught and Walls. RESULTS: A total of 623 students took the 
      first-year Nelson-Denny Reading Test, and 408 took both the first- and 
      second-year Nelson-Denny Reading Test. Findings showed a large correlation 
      between the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and the verbal reasoning section (r=0.56 
      for the class of 2020 and 0.46 for the class of 2021) of the old MCAT (before 
      2015) and the reasoning skills section (r=0.42 for the class of 2020 and 0.49 for 
      the class of 2021) of the new MCAT (released in 2015). There were no correlations 
      with first- and second-year course examination scores or COMLEX-USA Level 1 
      scores. The Nelson-Denny Reading Test scores reported by Haught and Walls for 
      medical students and health professional students were slightly higher than those 
      found for osteopathic medical students in this study. CONCLUSION: The reasoning 
      skills section of the new MCAT could serve as a good proxy for a reading test. 
      There were no correlations between the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and performance 
      in the first 2 years of medical school or COMLEX-USA Level 1 performance. Further 
      research can strengthen the findings and determine whether correlations exist 
      with clinical performance.
FAU - Linsenmeyer, Machelle
AU  - Linsenmeyer M
FAU - Ridpath, Lance
AU  - Ridpath L
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative 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  - Cohort Studies
MH  - College Admission Test
MH  - Education, Medical, Undergraduate/*methods
MH  - *Educational Measurement
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Osteopathic Medicine/*education
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - *Reading
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Students, Medical/statistics & numerical data
MH  - West Virginia
EDAT- 2019/02/26 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/20 06:00
CRDT- 2019/02/26 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/02/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 2726852 [pii]
AID - 10.7556/jaoa.2019.030 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2019 Mar 1;119(3):189-197. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2019.030.