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Table 3 Description of Selection Scores and Workplace Outcomes (n = 39)

From: Medical student selection criteria and junior doctor workplace performance

 

Mean (SD)

SELECTION SCORES

 GAMSAT

  Section 1 (Reasoning in the Humanities and Social Sciences)

62.7 (5.7)

  Section 2 (Written Communication)

65.3 (6.9)

  Section 3 (Reasoning in the Biological Sciences)

63.4 (7.8)

  Total

63.7 (4.9)

 wGPA %

87.7 (11.8)

 Interview

  Communication (/15)

11.1 (2.6)

  Motivation (/15)

11.5 (2.8)

  Decision Making (/15)

10.9 (2.4)

  Learning Style (/15)

11.3 (2.5)

  Prosocial Attitudes (/15)

11.0 (3.1)

  Personal Management (/15)

11.6 (2.4)

  Global (/15)a

11.4 (2.7)

  Total (%)

74.8 (15.0)

 Rank (GAMSAT Total + wGPA + Interview %)

226.2 (19.4)

INTERN ASSESSMENTS

 Domain 1 (Science and Scholarship)

3.8 (0.4)

 Domain 2 (Clinical Practice)

3.9 (0.4)

 Domain 4 (Professionalism and Leadership)

4.0 (0.4)

 Total

3.9 (0.4)

 No. of IPAPs (Improving Performance and Action Plans required)

0.5 (1.4)

 Globalb (Single assessment of unsatisfactory, borderline or satisfactory)

2.9 (0.2)

  1. aThis reflects an interviewer’s overall assessment of an applicant’s suitability for the medical profession and may take into account any aspect of an applicant’s performance during the interview
  2. bThis is a workplace supervisor’s overall assessment of an intern’s workplace performance across their internship term