Korean J Med Educ.  2000 Nov;12(2):241-260.

A Study to Develop a Medical Aptitude Test in Korea

• Kim S
• Han SM
• Park CY
• Kim HS
• Chun WT
• Park HJ
• Yang EB
• Lee MS

Abstract

Medical aptitude tests are usually for screening students in the field of medical science by testing the capability and aptitude to study medicine. There are various medical aptitude tests with powerful predicting validity such as the Medical College Admission Test(MCAT) in the U.S., the Graduate Australia Medical School Admission Test(GAMSAT) in Australia, and the Eignungsprufung fur Medizin Studium(EMS) in Switzerland. However, in Korea, there have been no medical aptitude test developed yet. This study is primarily to develop a medical aptitude test relevant to Korean circumstances, and secondly to suggest devise specific direction in applying the test at individual medical schools. We reviewed the existing medical aptitude test of other countries through literature, and examined the feasibility of those tests by consulting experts opinion. The Medical Education Eligibility Test(MEET) developed in this study consists of four areas including biological and physical science, verbal reasoning, space perception, and writing. The advisory committee will update the contents of the MEET every year. Executing the test will be administered either by a newly established Institute for Evaluating Medical Education(IEME), or by existing institutes like Korean National health personnel licensing examination board Korea or Korean Institute of Curriculum & Evaluation(KICE). A preliminary test should be necessary to examine the validity and reliability of the MEET developed from this study later on.

Keyword

Medical Aptitude Test; Medical Education Eligibility Test

MeSH Terms

Academies and Institutes
Advisory Committees
Aptitude Tests*
Aptitude*
Australia
Curriculum
Education, Medical
Health Personnel
Humans
Korea*
Licensure
Mass Screening
Natural Science Disciplines
Reproducibility of Results
Schools, Medical
Space Perception
Switzerland
Writing