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ID | 388 | ||||||||||||
Title | The correlation of students' entry-level GPA, academic performance, and the National Board Examination in all basic science subjects | ||||||||||||
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Journal | J Chiropr Educ. 1999 Fall;13(2):91-99 | ||||||||||||
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Publication Type | Article | ||||||||||||
Abstract/Notes | This study investigates whether the entry-level grade point average (GPA) can be used to predict students' academic performance in the Doctor of Chiropractic program and on the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) in all basic science subjects. Fifty-two students enrolled in Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic, who had completed all basic science classes and the NBCE Part 1, were selected for the study, Each student's letter grades from all basic science courses were converted to numeric scores to represent academic performance. Class scores were averaged to derive a mean score for each subject, (Physiology class performance included fluid (respiratory and renal), endocrine, neural, and cardiovascular sections.) Each student's performance on the NBCE was determined by his or her score on the exam from NBCE Part I which was subdivided into general anatomy, spinal anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and microbiology. The results showed that students' entry-level GPA had a moderate to good correlation in all basic science subjects: general anatomy r = 0.670), spinal anatomy r = 0.620), physiology (r = 0.570), biochemistry r = 0.548), pathology r = 0.583), and microbiology (r = 0.640). GPA appeared to be a good indicator of students' class performance, An analysis of the correlation of GPA to overall basic science class performance showed that students' overall GPA had a good correlation to their overall class performance (r = 0.720), Students' entry-level GPA had a low to moderate correlation with students' NBCE scores as shown in the following: general anatomy (r = 0.514), spinal anatomy r = 0.52 1), physiology (r = 0.512), biochemistry (r = 0.552), pathology (r = 0.205), and microbiology (r = 0.292), An analysis of the correlation of GPA to overall NBCE scores showed that students' overall GPA had a moderate correlation to their overall NBCE performance r = 0.515). GPA has good correlation with students' class performance and moderate correlation with the NBCE performance, Further study on GPA in comparison to other predictors may be indicated for improving chiropractic education. In summary, GPA is a better predictor of class performance than NBCE scores. This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher. |
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