The role of tests in the medical selection program

Abstract

The 1947, 1948, and 1949 Utah Medical College classes were the subjects in this study. The purpose was to determine the predictive value of the Medical College Admission Test, using course grades as the outside criterion. Results of two other studies, previously unpublished, one on a Michigan class and one on an Iowa class are also reported. A table provides the correlation coefficients, for each class studied, between the sub-test scores and the criterion. Premedical science achievement scores were also used as predictors. In terms of medical academic success "scientific vocabulary," "quantitative ability," and "premedical science achievement" appear to be the only consistently valid subtests of the MCAT. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)