Predictive power of UKCAT and other pre-admission measures for performance in a medical school in Glasgow: a cohort study.

Background: The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) and its four subtests are currently used by 24 Medical and Dental Schools in the UK for admissions. This longitudinal study examines the predictive validity of UKCAT for final performance in the undergraduate medical degree programme at one Medical School and compares this with the predictive validity of the selection measures available pre-UKCAT.

Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of one cohort of students, admitted to Glasgow Medical School in 2007.