| Effect of undergraduate college major on performance in medical school. | |
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PMID: 9759107 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: To determine whether choice of college major has any effect on performance in medical school. METHOD: The author analyzed data for 406 students enrolled in a combined baccalaureate-MD program at Brown University School of Medicine who had matriculated in medical school from 1989 to 1997, determining their undergraduate majors and their medical education performances (as measured by course grades, USMLE, scores and residency program evaluation). RESULTS: Slightly over half of the students had majored in science or mathematics, about a third had majored in the humanities or social sciences, and about a tenth had had double majors or had been independent concentrators. The author found no statistically significant difference between the medical school performances of students who had majored in the sciences or mathematics and those who had majored in the humanities or the social sciences. CONCLUSION: Although preselection bias may influence medical school performance, this study affirms previous findings that choice of undergraduate major has little, if any, statistically significant effect. |
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Authors:
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S R Smith |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 73 ISSN: 1040-2446 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 1998 Sep |
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Created Date: 1998-10-14 Completed Date: 1998-10-14 Revised Date: 2000-12-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1006-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA. Stephen_R_Smith@Brown.edu |
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Education, Medical* Educational Measurement* Humanities Mathematics Rhode Island Science Social Sciences |
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