Comparing the academic performance of graduate-and undergraduate-entry medical students

Abstract

Objective This study compared the academic performance of graduate-and undergraduate-entry medical students completing the same pre-clinical curriculum and assessment at a large metropolitan university. Arguments have been made for the relative merits of both graduate-and undergraduate-entry medical programmes. However, data on the academic performance of graduate and undergraduate entrants are relatively scarce. METHODS This retrospective study adopted a quasi-experimental design to compare data from assessments of bioscience knowledge and clinical skills undertaken across 2 years for four cohorts of medical students (who commenced their studies between 2002 and 2005). Percentage final resu..