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Maria Lourdes D. Cervantes, La Consolacion University Philippines, PhilippinesMa. Cristina E. Zulueta, La Consolacion University Philippines, Philippines
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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Philippines are committed to deliver quality education and produce competent, highly efficient graduates equipped with values, skills, and knowledge ready to participate in the workforce. This research study determined the admission profiles of the first two group of graduates of the Doctor of Medicine Program of La Consolacion University Philippines, College of Medicine in Bulacan and correlated them to the graduates’ overall academic performance. The admissions’ profile used were age at the time of admission, sex, collegiate course, general weighted average (GWA) from the collegiate course, National Medical Admissions Test (NMAT) percentile rank, work experience and licensure examination passed. These factors were used and correlated to the student’s general weighted average (GWA) from the Doctor of Medicine Program from first to fourth year. In determining the relationship of variables of the admission criteria and the student’s overall performance and the significant predictor of students’ success, regression analysis was utilized. The research study was subjected to and adhered to the Research and Ethics Committee of the university. Regression analysis revealed that among the admissions’ criteria, the students’ General Weighted Average (GWA) from their collegiate course, licensure examination passed and National Medical Admissions Test (NMAT) percentile rank were associated with success in the program with a p value result of 0.004, 0.002 and 0.000 respectively. However, it can be concluded that NMAT percentile rank, based on obtained Beta coefficients, is the best predictor of success in the Doctor of Medicine program.
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Conference: ACE2025Stream: Educational policy
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Cervantes M., & Zulueta M. (2026) Admissions Profile as Predictors of Academic Performance in a New Medical School ISSN: 2186-5892 – The Asian Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 1015-1020) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2026.79
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2026.79
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