title: Selection procedure as predictor of performance in university examination.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the correlation of SSC, HSC, ZMU achievement test and interview scores with the scores achieved in MBBS 1st, 2nd and 3rd Professional Examinations.
  
  
  METHODS
  The SSC, HSC, ZMU admission test and interview scores of 159 MBBS students admitted in 1995, 1996 and 1997 were correlated with the scores of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd professional examinations. Data analysis was done on SPSS Software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant relationship was found between the SSC, HSC, ZMU admission test and interview scores and the scores obtained in the professional examinations. SSC scores did not correlate with any variables/matrices, whereas for batches 1 and 2 the HSC school leaving examination scores correlated significantly with ZMU interview score (p < 0.05). No correlation was found between ZMU test and ZMU interviews. Results showed significant relationship (p < 0.01) between all 1st, 2nd and 3rd professionals of all three batches.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  None of the admission criteria (SSC, HSC, ZMU admission test and interview scores) predict the performance of medical students in the professional examinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Ziauddin Medical University, Clifton, Karachi.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huda
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Dosa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agha
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010154:Pakistan; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012577:Schools, Medical