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Table 4 Correlations between selection criteria and outcome measures (Year 1 below diagonal; Year 2 above diagonal)

From: To what extent does the Health Professions Admission Test-Ireland predict performance in early undergraduate tests of communication and clinical skills? – An observational cohort study

Variable

HPAT-Ireland 1

HPAT-Ireland 2

HPAT-Ireland 3

Total HPAT-Ireland

LCE

LCE + HPAT-Ireland

OSCE Comm

OSCE Clin

OSCE Total

1MCQ Total

HPAT- Ireland 1

-

     

.03

.04

.05

n/a

HPAT-Ireland 2

-.05

-

    

.27**

.15

.23*

n/a

HPAT-Ireland 3

.29**

-.23**

-

   

.19

.16

.20

n/a

Total HPAT-Ireland

.70**

.32**

.70**

-

  

.29**

.21*

.28**

n/a

LCE

-.12

-.16*

-.06

-.18*

-

 

-.13

.12

.02

n/a

LCE + HPAT-Ireland

.59**

.28**

.61**

.85**

.31**

-

.17

.24*

.24*

n/a

OSCE Comm

.-.03

.14

.02

.07

-.03

.04

-

  

n/a

OSCE Clin

.06

-.002

.13

.13

.04

.14

.66**

-

 

n/a

OSCE Total

.10

.07

.07

.18

.02

.18

.91**

.91**

-

n/a

MCQ Total

.002

.04

.09

.09

.32**

.27**

.24**

.30**

.30**

-

  1. HPAT-Ireland = Health professions admissions test; LCE = Leaving certificate examination; OSCE = Objective Structured Clinical Examination; MCQ = Multiple choice questions; Total = Total scores (i.e., Communication and Clinical elements combined); n/a = not applicable ie there is no result for this test in the corresponding year. * P<.01, ** P<.05.