A Comparative Study of Undergraduate Examinations to Evaluate Medical Students' Performance and the National Examination for Medical Practitioners
- VernacularTitle:医学部在学中の試験と医師国家試験の成績比較
- Author:
Tsuguhiro MIYASHITA
;
Toshiro SHIMURA
;
Koji ADACHI
;
Takumi ARAMAKI
;
Kazuo SHIMIZU
;
Kazuo DAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
undergraduate academic performance;
national examination for medical practitioners;
national examination score prediction
- From:Medical Education
2004;35(4):281-285
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
To demonstrate the quality assurance of the comprehensive examination of sixth-year students at Nippon Medical School, 4 undergraduate examinations were compared with the national examination for medical practitioners (NEMP) using scatter graphs and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Of the 93 sixth-year students at Nippon Medical School, 57%(n=53) reported their scores on the NEMP in response to a request from the Academic Quality and Development Office. Correlation coefficients of the grade point average (years 1 to 5), average scores on graduation examinations of 24 subjects, scores on the trial examination of NEMP, and scores on the sixth-year comprehensive examination with overall scores on the NEMP were 0.62, 0.46, 0.68, and 0.63, respectively. These results suggest that the sixth-year comprehensive examination is more suitable than are graduation examinations for predicting the NEMP score.
