title: Short- and long-term academic predictors of medical student performance.
abstract: The relationship between entry qualifications and performance throughout the medical course was studied in individual cohorts of students admitted in the years 1977 to 1981. A modest but significant relationship with overall initial qualifications was found throughout the course. Students without biology showed a marked disadvantage in the first year but the effect did not persist. There were quite marked variations in all these effects between cohorts; studying only a single cohort could lead to inappropriate conclusions.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Gilmore
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013337:Students, Medical