Predictive validity of the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test for medical students’ academic performance

Walters, Barry N J

doi:10.5694/mja11.10565

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To the Editor: The finding of Wilkinson and colleagues1 that the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) score and medical school performance are only weakly correlated came as no surprise.

School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA.

Correspondence: barry.walters@health.wa.gov.au

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1. Wilkinson D, Zhang J, Parker P. Predictive validity of the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test for medical students’ academic performance. Med J Aust 2011; 194: 341-344. <MJA full text>

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