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Comparison of academic achievement between graduate-entry and non-graduate entry medical students in Seoul National University College of Medicine, Ko

Authors

  • Eun-Jeong Kim
  • Seung-Hee Lee
  • Jwa-Seop Shin
  • Jinyoung Hwang
  • Ju-Hee Jeong
  • Hyun Bae Yoon

Theme

9JJ Admission to Medicine and Postgraduate Training Programmes

INSTITUTION

Seoul National University College of Medicine

Background

The graduate-entry program has been introduced in our medical school, and equal numbers of graduate-entry (GE) and undergraduate-entry (UE) students have been admitted every year since 2009. This study compared the academic achievements of GE and UE students

Summary of Results

UE students showed higher annual average marks. Furthermore, the difference of the average marks diverged as year went for the classes 2009 and 2010. From a standpoint of each subject, UE students overtook GE students constantly and most remarkably in Anatomy. Meanwhile, GE students showed better marks than GE students did in Patient-Doctor-Society II, III, IV, V, and VI which are held through the school years 1 to 4, dealing with contents other than biomedical sciences such as informatics, interviewing, medical ethics, patient behavior and care, etc.

Take-home Messages

Curriculum that reflects the difference of two groups should be developed.

Summary of Work

We analyzed the marks of the three cohorts (classes 2009-2012; GE = 275, UE = 305); that is, four-year marks for class 2009, three-year marks for class 2010, two-year marks for class 2011, and one year marks for class 2012.

Conclusion

The overall lower performance of GE students shown in this study is contradictory to those previously reported in Australia and England. This contradiction might come from the differences of social environments among the countries.

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