Evaluation of Comprehensive Medical Basic Sciences Exams and their Predictive Factors
Farhad Jafari1*, Malihe Aminizadeh2, Mahmood Samadpour3 and Behzad Tadayyon31Department of Health and Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
2Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
3MD, Tehran, Iran.
Corresponding Author E-mail: jafari@shahed.ac.ir
Abstract: Comprehensive medical basic sciences exam, held every year at the end of basic sciences section, as a certification for entering the new section. The derivedoutcome’s is the base of clinical decision in future. Evaluate the outcomes of eleven courses of these exams and determine its related factors are of significance importance.Descriptive analytical study was performed on 201 medical students were participated in. SPSS software, Pearson’s correlation, Chi square and Regression tests were used to analyze the data. The mean score of these exams was 107.6±19.47 related to gender, Quota, being with family, diploma GPA, entrance exam scores of specific lessons (except Geology), number of probation courses, GPAand specific lessons’ scores in medical basic sciences course. The highest prediction scores among the associated variables were related to GPA of medical basic sciences’ course (R2=0.529) and the mean score of medical terminology (R2=0.309) by use of linear regression. Using stepwise regression, the highest coefficient of R2 (Adjusted R square), 0.579 was obtained for physics, GPA of medical basic sciences courses and Immunology, nutrition and parasitological lessons scores. The score of this exam tests with highly validity is predictable. So prosperity percent for this exam can be predicted.
Keywords: Exam; medical basic sciences; evaluation; prediction; medical student Back to TOC