The Correlation of Grade Point Average of Medical School and the Score of Korean Medical Licensing Examination
| Autor: | Eun Cheol Park, Hoo Yeon Lee, Song-Ee Baek, Sung-Soo Ahn, So-Young Bae, Yang-Kwon Seo, Jeong-Hun Seol |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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| Zdroj: | Korean Journal of Medical Education. 16:25-32 |
| ISSN: | 2005-7288 2005-727X |
| DOI: | 10.3946/kjme.2004.16.1.25 |
| Popis: | Purpose: This study analyzed the correlation between grade point average(GPA) of medical school and the score of Korean Medical Licensing Examination(KMLE). Methods: This study based on the results of 67th KMLE applicants who graduated from a college of medicine in 2003. We also gathered data of these applicants from the college of medicine: gender, age, type of entrance, GPA of basic medicine, clinical medicine, clinical clerkships and final test scores. We analyzed whether there was discrimination between achievement of KMLE passed and that of KMLE failed, which of variables affected the results of KMLE. Results: 173 applicants passed KMLE among 189. There were significant correlations between basic medicine, clinical medicine, final test score and the score of KMLE(respective p-value; , specificity ). Conclusion: There were significant correlations between the GPA of medical school and the score of KMLE, and significant differences between KMLE passed applicants and failed. A high-risk group of failing KMLE was the students that the GPA of 2nd grade was below 2.5 and the GPA of 3rd grade was below 2.3. |
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