Medical Students' Socioeconomic Status and Academic Performance in Medical School.
academic performance
financial burden
gpa
mcat
medical school
medical school admissions
medical student
socioeconomic status
usmle
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
accepted:
01
06
2023
medline:
5
7
2023
pubmed:
5
7
2023
entrez:
5
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Background Students from lower socioeconomic groups tend to underestimate their chances of acceptance to medical school and their likelihood of success once admitted. Objective The objective of this study is to determine if socioeconomic disadvantage status is linked to lower medical college admission test (MCAT) scores and academic performance in medical school. Methods Using the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) education/occupation (EO) indicator, we compared economically disadvantaged students to students with no financial disadvantage on the MCAT, Phase 1 National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, Phase 2 NBME, and USMLE Step 2 test scores. Results Medical students in the disadvantaged group scored significantly lower on the MCAT than students with no financial disadvantage. The disadvantaged group showed a non-significant lower trend in performance until USMLE Step 2. Conclusions Applicants from lower socioeconomic backgrounds may perform lower on their MCAT and early medical school benchmark exams, but they appear to catch up with and even surpass their peers on their USMLE Step 2 examination.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37404444
doi: 10.7759/cureus.39875
pmc: PMC10315161
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e39875Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Ely et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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