Academic record predicts success at medical school

A systematic review of the literature shows that previous academic performance is a good predictor of achievement at medical school. Ferguson and colleagues (p 952) say, however, that the correlation is not perfect and previous academic performance accounts for 23% of variance in performance in undergraduate medical training and 6% of that in postgraduate training. Little research has been done into the importance of learning styles, ethnicity, and sex differences, but a strategic learning style, white ethnicity, and being female are associated with success in medical training.

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Factors associated with success in medical school: systematic review of the literature

Eamonn Ferguson, David James, and Laura Madeley
BMJ 2002 324: 952-957. [Full Text] [PDF]