Analysis of the Relationship Between Clinical Internships and Graduate School Entrance Exams for Medical Students
Objective:To analyze the relationship between clinical internships and graduate school entrance exams for clinical medicine students by comparing the OSCE scores of students from the 2021 cohort who either participated in self-arranged or non-self-arranged internships,and among those who did or did not pass the graduate entrance exams.The goal is to identify performance differences between these student groups,determine the reasons for these differences,and propose solutions.Methods:Descriptive analysis of the pass rates for OSCE exams and one-way ANOVA of average scores were conducted using GraphPad Prism 8 software for 549 clinical medicine students from various internship categories to compare differences in exam performance.Results:The graduate school entrance exam rate for students with self-arranged internships(43.80％)was significantly higher than for those with non-self-arranged internships(26.12％).Among non-self-arranged interns who passed the graduate entrance exams,the average OSCE score was highest(71.63±5.77)points,while the average score for self-arranged interns who did not pass the exams was lowest(67.16±5.53)points.Significant differences in OSCE scores were observed among the different internship categories.Conclusion:Clinical internship and graduate school entrance exams for clinical medicine students are not necessarily contradictory.Subjective factors play a decisive role in these outcomes.
Clinical medicineOSCEInternshipGraduate school entrance exams
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