Prior academic achievement predicts medical program academic performance with medium effect sizes (d=0.697 early program; d=0.619 end of program) and end-of-program clinical exam performance (d=0.545)¶
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q3 i2 Prior academic achievement predicts early program academic results with a pooled effect size of 0.697 and end of program academic results with 0.619. → Huang Pin-Hsiang 2024
q3 i2 Prior academic achievement predicts end of program OSCE/OSLER/clinical exam performance with a pooled effect size of 0.545. → Huang Pin-Hsiang 2024
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Huang Pin-Hsiang 2024¶
Huang Pin-Hsiang, Arianpoor Arash, Taylor Silas, Gonzales Jenzel, Shulruf Boaz. (2024). Insights into undergraduate medical student selection tools: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions. https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2024.21.22
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Random-effects meta-analysis of 67 included studies yielding 237 effect sizes, with statistics converted to Cohen's d. The printed pooled effect sizes were d = 0.697 (early program academic), d = 0.619 (end of program academic), and d = 0.545 (end of program clinical exams), as the article reports that "prior academic achievement best predicts academic results".
"Findings show that prior academic achievement best predicts academic results for early program and end of program time points with effect sizes of 0.697 (95% CI, 0.533 to 0.861) and 0.619 (95% CI, 0.533 to 0.705), respectively, as well as performance on end of program OSCE/OSLER/clinical exams (0.545; 95% CI, 0.235 to 0.855)."
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Related Claims¶
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