title: [Medical school admission test at the University of Goettingen - which applicants will benefit?].
abstract: Medical schools in Germany may select 60% of the student applicants through their own admission tests. The influence of the school-leaving examination grades (EGs) in each of the procedural steps is controversial. At Goettingen Medical School, we combine a structured interview and a communicative skills assessment. We analysed how many applicants succeeded in our admission test, compared to a model which only takes EGs into account. Admission scores were transferred into SPSS-21. Sociodemographic data were submitted by the Stiftung Hochschulstart. Besides descriptive statistics, we used Pearson-correlation and means comparisons (t-test, analysis of variance). 221 applicants (EGs 1.0-1.9) were invited in the winter semester 2013/14 and 222 applicants (EGs 1.1-1.8) in the summer semester 2014. The proportion of women was 68% (winter) and 74% (summer). Sixteen and 37 applicants had a medical vocational training and performed slightly better. The analysis showed that our test was gender neutral. EGs did not correlate with interviews or skills assessment. Despite a two-fold impact of EGs, 26 (winter) and 44 (summer) of the overall 181 applicants had EGs of 1.4 -1.9, which would have been too low for admission otherwise. If EGs were only considered once, 40 (winter) and 59 (summer) applicants would have succeeded.
authors.affiliation: Studiendekanat und Institut für Allgemeinmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland. Electronic address: asimmen@gwdg.de.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simmenroth-Nayda
authors.affiliation: Studiendekanat und Institut für Allgemeinmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meskauskas
authors.affiliation: Studiendekanat und Institut für Allgemeinmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burckhardt
authors.affiliation: Studiendekanat und Institut für Allgemeinmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Görlich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012577:Schools, Medical; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Auswahlverfahren; Medical school admission criteria; Numerus Clausus; Simulationspatienten; Zulassung zum Medizinstudium; admissions restriction (numerus clausus); communication skills; kommunikative Kompetenz; medical student; simulated patients