Résumé
Background & objective: Appropriate selection criteria for admission to medical college is a fundamental prerequisite where number of aspirants seeking admission to medical college has increased. The selection criteria used by medical colleges has been changing from time to time and not uniform all over India. Hence it is important to validate the selection criteria by observing performance of students during medical course. The study aims to find predictive value of entrance test & science score obtained at HSC level on the performance of medical students in I MBBS University Examination. Methods: The study included marks obtained in science subjects at HSC level, Entrance and I MBBS University examination for four consecutive batches(2009 to 2012). Correlation between all three variables was found using spearman rank correlation. Results: Performance in I MBBS examination showed no correlation with Entrance score but correlated significantly with science scores at HSC level (p<0.001). Also on Linear Regression Analysis, only HSC score showed strong positive correlation with First MBBS score(p<0.001). Interpretation & conclusion: This study indicates that Entrance test needs revision. Either the test should be modified or several selection tools like giving additional weightage to science score at HSC level should be combined, so as to select the optimum standard students.