title: Admissions test for the degree course in veterinary medicine in Italy, 2005.
abstract: In Italy, access to the degree course in veterinary medicine is regulated each academic year by a government decree that sets the maximum student intake number for each of the 14 existing faculties. Candidates are selected by means of a multiple-choice test on the following subjects: logic and general knowledge, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Data for the 2005/2006 academic year are presented here. Overall, 4,495 candidates took the test and 1,415 (31.5%) qualified. The questions relating to physics and mathematics were more difficult than those in other subjects (p < 0.001). Logic and general knowledge was the subject in which candidates' knowledge was best. Separate data for each of the 14 Italian faculties are presented, along with the cut-off score for admission. In addition, a "difficulty admission index" has been calculated for each faculty centre.
authors: Veterinary Pathology section, Department of Animal Health, Parma, Italy. attilio.corradi@unipr.it
authors: Attilio
authors: A
authors: Corradi
authors: Ezio
authors: E
authors: Bottarelli
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Bertoli
authors: Cesidio F
authors: CF
authors: Flammini
mesh_terms: D003099:College Admission Test; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*