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Table 1 Characteristics of students in the 2012–2017 and 2018 cohorts

From: Identifying and supporting students at risk of failing the National Medical Licensure Examination in Japan using a predictive pass rate

Variables

2012–2017 (n = 531)

2018 (n = 106)

Failed (%)

Passed (%)

P-value

Failed (%)

Passed (%)

Gender

 Male

34 (8.4)

371 (91.6)

0.0071

4 (5.1)

75 (94.9)

 Female

2 (1.6)

124 (98.4)

1 3.7)

26 (96.3)

Age at admission

27.11 ± 7.51

19.67 ± 3.65

< 0.0001

33.00 ± 10.61

19.16 ± 3.15

HS location

  

< 0.0001

  

 Neighborhood

5 (1.6)

307 (98.4)

1 (1.4)

69 (98.6)

 Distant

31 (14.2)

188 (85.8)

4 (11.1)

32 (88.9)

Type of HS

  

0.3922

  

 Private

19 (7.8)

224 (92.2)

2 (4.4)

43 (95.6)

 Public

17 (5.9)

271 (94.1)

3 (4.9)

58 (95.1)

Academic Level of HS

68.91 ± 5.88

69.22 ± 5.67

0.755

66.6 ± 7.77

68.66 ± 5.24

GPA in HS

4.15 ± 0.47

4.46 ± 0.45

< 0.0001

4.53 ± 0.11

4.50 ± 0.45

NCTUA score

83.97 ± 5.16

86.43 ± 3.94

0.00046

86.12 ± 2.11

86.64 ± 3.37

TOEFL score

515.0 ± 28.3

521.7 ± 25.0

0.124

538.8 ± 23.4

520.8 ± 25.1

Academic performance in liberal arts

68.81 ± 19.67

67.86 ± 13.44

0.695

79.40 ± 22.74

88.09 ± 19.44

Total score in basic sciences in the 1st year

73.70 ± 4.14

75.07 ± 4.62

0.085

74.29 ± 5.46

74.26 ± 4.76

Total score in basic biomedical sciences in the 2nd year

66.91 ± 4.45

72.75 ± 6.86

< 0.0001

64.43 ± 1.84

71.59 ± 6.61

Pre-clinical medical sciences in 3rd to 4th year

74.13 ± 4.71

75.99 ± 5.18

0.0370

72.73 ± 3.87

74.70 ± 6.48

CBT-IRT score in the 4th year

47.94 ± 8.98

59.53 ± 10.01

< 0.0001

49.74 ± 5.64

60.55 ± 10.92

Pre-CC OSCE score in the 4th year

4.26 ± 0.42

4.49 ± 0.38

0.00058

3.98 ± 0.37

4.53 ± 0.43

Performance in clinical clerkship in the 5th to 6th year

3.67 ± 0.72

4.01 ± 0.41

< 0.0001

4.43 ± 0.39

4.21 ± 0.52

Graduation examination in the 6th year

−1.33 ± 0.70

0.10 ± 0.95

< 0.0001

− 2.24 ± 0.52

0.11 ± 0.89

Holdover during the 1st to 6th year.

  

0.00018

  

 +

10 (23.8)

32 (76.2)

2 (13.3)

13 (86.7)

 -

26 (5.3)

463 (94.7)

3 (3.3)

88 (96.7)

  1. CBT-IRT Computer-Based Testing with Item Response Theory, HS High school, NCTUA National Center Test for University Admissions, Pre-CC OSCE Pre-Clinical Clerkship Objective Structured Clinical Examination, TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language. Level of HS shows an average of values that quantified the information on the difficulty of entrance examinations in each HS, that is, a higher level means a higher-difficulty entrance examination. The variables above the dotted line show factors before admission, while the ones below the line represent those after admission
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