Predictors of medical school clerkship performance: a multispecialty longitudinal analysis of standardized examination scores and clinical assessments

Table 3 Correlation of Clerkship Faculty Assessment Score with MCAT, USMLE, and NBME Scores

Clerkship	MCAT, total		USMLE 1		USMLE 2 clinical knowledge		NBME
Clerkship	r^a	P value^b	r^a	P value^b	r^a	P value^b	r^a	P value^b
Medicine	0.08	.26	0.26	<.001	0.14	.06	0.30	<.001
Neurology	−0.05	.49	0.20	.007	0.20	.009	0.25	<.001
OB/GYN	−0.02	.75	0.15	.04	0.12	.11	0.22	.002
Pediatrics	−0.08	.30	0.13	.07	0.20	.009	0.18	.01
Psychiatry	0.03	.68	0.19	.01	0.22	.003	0.30	<.001
Surgery	−0.02	.77	0.18	.02	0.11	.15	0.16	.03
Family medicine	0.20	.009	0.37	<.001	0.26	.001	…^c
Emergency medicine	0.06	.37	0.20	.005	0.16	.03	…^c
Internal medicine subspecialties	0.12	.12	0.22	.003	0.15	.04	…^c

Abbreviations: MCAT Medical college admission test, NBME National board of medical examiners, OB/GYN Obstetrics and gynecology, USMLE 1 and 2, United States medical licensing examination steps 1 and 2
^a r denotes the Pearson correlation coefficient
^b P values indicate whether the correlation is significantly different from 0
^c NBME subject examination scores were not available for some clerkships

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