Journal article
Constructing a More Comprehensive Validity Argument for Medical School Admission Testing: Predicting Long-Term Outcomes
Teaching and learning in medicine, Vol.27(2), pp.197-200
04/03/2015
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2015.1025016
PMID: 25893942
Abstract
Issue: The research published outside of medical education journals provides an important source of validity evidence for using cognitive ability testing in medical school admissions. Evidence: The cumulative body of validity research, consisting of thousands of studies and scores of meta-analyses, has conclusively demonstrated that a strong positive relationship exists between job performance and general mental ability. Implications: Recommendations for reducing the emphasis on or eliminating the role of general mental ability in the selection process for medical schools are not based on a consideration of the wider research evidence. Admission interventions that substantially reduce the level of academic aptitude are also likely to result in reduced professional performance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Constructing a More Comprehensive Validity Argument for Medical School Admission Testing: Predicting Long-Term Outcomes
- Creators
- Clarence D. Kreiter - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineJunji Otaki - Hokkaido University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Teaching and learning in medicine, Vol.27(2), pp.197-200
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/10401334.2015.1025016
- PMID
- 25893942
- ISSN
- 1040-1334
- eISSN
- 1532-8015
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- 24390133 / Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/03/2015
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984297449502771
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