Participation and selection effects of a voluntary selection process

Many different medical school selection processes are used worldwide. In this paper, we examine the effect of (1) participation, and (2) selection in a voluntary selection process on study performance. We included data from two cohorts of medical students admitted to Erasmus MC, Rotterdam and VUmc,...

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Published in:Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice 2017-05, Vol.22 (2), p.463-476
Main Authors: Schripsema, Nienke R., van Trigt, Anke M., Lucieer, Susanna M., Wouters, Anouk, Croiset, Gerda, Themmen, Axel P. N., Borleffs, Jan C. C., Cohen-Schotanus, Janke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Admission Criteria
Cohort Analysis
College Admission
College Students
Colleges & universities
Comparative Analysis
Credits
Education
Educational Attainment
Educational Measurement
Female
Foreign Countries
Humans
Institutional Characteristics
Male
Medical Education
Medical Schools
Medical Students
Netherlands
Outcome Measures
Participation
Professionalism
Regression (Statistics)
School Admission Criteria - statistics & numerical data
Schools, Medical - standards
Scores
Statistical Analysis
Student Participation
Students
Universities
Weighted Scores
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Summary:Many different medical school selection processes are used worldwide. In this paper, we examine the effect of (1) participation, and (2) selection in a voluntary selection process on study performance. We included data from two cohorts of medical students admitted to Erasmus MC, Rotterdam and VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and compared them to previously published data from Groningen medical school, The Netherlands. All included students were admitted based on either (1) a top pre-university grade point average, or (2) a voluntary selection process, or (3) weighted lottery. We distinguished between lottery-admitted students who had participated in the voluntary selection process and had been rejected, and lottery-admitted students who had not participated. Knowledge test scores, study progress, and professionalism scores were examined using ANCOVA modelling, logistic regression, and Bonferroni post hoc multiple-comparison tests, controlling for gender and cohort. For written test grades, results showed a participation effect at Groningen medical school and Erasmus MC ( p  
ISSN:1382-4996
1573-1677
DOI:10.1007/s10459-017-9762-5