From: Medical school admission test: advantages for students whose parents are medical doctors?
Summer semester 2014 | One or both parents are a physician n = 50 (44%) | Other relatives are physicians n = 102 (56%) | No physician in the family n = 102 (56%) | p-value** | |
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Assessed dimension in admission test | Max. score | Mean score (SD) | Mean score (SD) | Mean score (SD) | |
interview: motivation and potential | 10 | 7.03 (1.37) | 7.01 (1.71) | 7.00 (1.47) | 0.991 |
MMI-1: counseling skills and spontaneity | 5 | 3.32 (0.75) | 3.16 (0.91) | 3.30 (0.78) | 0.648 |
MMI-2: verbal skills and analytic skills | 5 | 3.69 (0.93) | 3.34 (1.08) | 3.50 (1.00) | 0.302 |
MMI-3: stress resistance and social competence | 5 | 3.74 (0.67) | 3.74 (0.56) | 3.75 (0.64) | 0.992 |
MMI-4: empathy and social competence | 5 | 3.29 (0.89) | 3.44 (0.83) | 3.22 (0.89) | 0,481 |
sum-scores | |||||
score interview and MMI | 30 | 21.06 (2.76) | 20.69 (3.23) | 20.77 (3.12) | 0.825 |
score final school grade* | 31 | 25.92 (1.50) | 26.70 (1.74) | 26.52 (1.58) | 0.047 |
total score (admission test plus final school grade) | 61 | 46.98 (2.88) | 47.39 (2.99) | 47.29 (3.13) | 0.794 |