Predicting professional school performance with a unique lens: are there other cognitive predictors?

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Table 4 Performance in OHS by DAT, undergraduate coursework and school rigor predictors. (N = 129). Mean ± SD or %. ‡ Significantly different from lowest quartile/group

	N	Mean OHS GPA	% B+ or better grade in OHS Physiology	% B+ or better grade in OHS Biochemistry
DAT Academic Average
< =18	37	3.36 ± 0.25	30	46
19	30	3.44 ± 0.26	43	57
20–21	44	3.59 ± 0.22 ‡	77	80
> =22	18	3.67 ± 0.25 ‡	94	83
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	.004
DAT Reading Comprehension
< =19	33	3.40 ± 0.28	33	55
20–21	48	3.47 ± 0.25	58	60
22	21	3.62 ± 0.20 ‡	76	81
> =23	27	3.60 ± 0.28 ‡	74	74
P value		.004	.003	.15
DAT Total Science
< =17	27	3.29 ± 0.26	30	41
18	32	3.53 ± 0.24 ‡	59	66
19–20	48	3.53 ± 0.23 ‡	58	69
> =21	22	3.65 ± 0.25 ‡	91	86
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	.008
Undergraduate GPA
< =2.93	31	3.43 ± 0.23	48	65
2.94–3.10	32	3.53 ± 0.26	63	69
3.11–3.25	33	3.53 ± 0.24	61	61
> =3.26	33	3.52 ± 0.32	61	67
P value		.35	.65	.91
Undergraduate School Rigor
Low	23	3.33 ± 0.29	22	44
Mid	51	3.49 ± 0.23	57	67
High	55	3.58 ± 0.25 ‡	75	73
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	.045
Took undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology
Yes	57	3.49 ± 0.28	63	68
No	72	3.51 ± 0.26	54	63
P value		.66	.30	.48
Took undergraduate Biochemistry course
Yes	105	3.50 ± 0.26	58	66
No	24	3.50 ± 0.30	58	63
P value		.96	.98	.77
Took undergraduate Cell Biology course
Yes	77	3.51 ± 0.28	62	69
No	52	3.49 ± 0.25	52	60
P value		.64	.24	.28
Took undergraduate Physiology course
Yes	78	3.54 ± 0.26	63	74
No	51	3.44 ± 0.27	51	51
P value		.034	.18	.007

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