title: [Admission tests for medical education].
abstract: This state of the art article explores what is known from the international and Danish literature on admission criteria as predictors of success in medical education. Previous academic performance is the best known predictor of medical students' grades. Poorer entry qualifications, broadly defined, are associated with dropout in medical education. Admission interviews may have a small additive explanatory effect on medical students' grades, but the effect on dropout has barely been investigated. Admission interviews are a challenge for the feasibility, reliability and validity of medical student selection. Admission variables in use should be supported by predictive validity.
authors.affiliation: Institut for Idræt og Biomekanik, Syddansk Universitet, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. ldyhrberg@health.sdu.dk
authors.forename: Lotte Dyhrberg
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: Birgitta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wallstedt
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hartvigsen
authors.forename: Berit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eika
mesh_terms: D001077:Aptitude Tests; D002321:Career Choice; D004501:Education, Medical; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013332:Student Dropouts