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Predicting Performance At Medical School: Can We Identify At-Risk Students?, Sami Shaban, Michelle Mclean

Michelle McLean

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive potential of multiple indicators (eg, preadmission scores, unit, module and clerkship grades, course and examination scores) on academic performance at medical school, with a view to identifying students at risk. Methods: An analysis was undertaken of medical student grades in a 6-year medical school program at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, over the past 14 years. Results: While high school scores were significantly (P < 0.001) correlated with the final integrated examination, predictability was only 6.8%. Scores for the …

Sp39: Development Of Geriatric Skill Sets To Enhance Learning In An Innovative Geriatric Longitudinal Experience Setting, Will Lehmann, Susan Saffel-Shrier, Karen M. Gunning, Timothy W. Farrell, Nadia Miniclier

Will Lehmann, MD

Transferable Skills Of Incoming Medical Students And Their Development Over The First Academic Year: The United Arab Emirates Experience, Michelle Mclean, Sami Shaban, Deborah Murdoch-Eaton

Michelle McLean

Increasingly, it is being recognised in higher and medical education that learners should be adequately prepared for the unpredictable nature of professional practice. Several generic or transferable skills or capabilities (e.g., communication, information handling) that will enable graduates to function in an ever-changing professional world have been identified. Using a validated inventory comprising six categories of transferable skills, three cohorts of incoming male and female medical students at a Gulf university documented their level of practice and confidence for 31 skills. The exercise was repeated a year later. New medical students identified computer and organisational skills and the ability to …