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OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent to which current selection criteria predict success in Sri Lanka's medical schools. METHODS: The study sample consisted of all students selected to all six medical schools in two consecutive entry cohorts. The aggregate marks of these students at the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level examination, the district of entry, admission category, candidate type (school/private) and gender, were identified as entry point variables. Success in medical school was measured in four ways: the ability to pass the first summative examination and the final examination at the first attempt, and obtaining honours in either examination. Multivariate analysis using logistic regression was used to assess the extent to which these entry point factors predict variability in outcome measures. RESULTS: Aggregate scores among the 1740 students in the study sample ranged from 212 to 356, with a median of 285. The male:female ratio was 1.4:1. Private candidates (taking the examination for the third time) accounted for 22% of students. Being a school candidate, female and having a higher aggregate score, were the only independent predictors of success for all four outcome measures. The aggregate score alone accounted for only 1-7% of the variation in performance in medical school. CONCLUSIONS: Marks obtained at the A Level examination (the only academic criterion currently used for selection of medical students in Sri Lanka) is a poor predictor of success in medical school.
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Competência Clínica , Teste de Admissão Acadêmica/estatística & dados numéricos , Educação de Graduação em Medicina , Escolaridade , Feminino , Previsões , Humanos , Masculino , Razão de Chances , Política Organizacional , Critérios de Admissão Escolar/estatística & dados numéricos , Faculdades de Medicina/organização & administração , Sri Lanka , Estudantes de Medicina/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
Chordoid meningioma is an uncommon histopathological variant of meningioma. We report 2 cases of chordoid meningioma occurring in adult patients.
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Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Neoplasias Meníngeas/patologia , Meningioma/patologiaRESUMO
A 17-year-old boy presented with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure for a month. Investigations revealed a large extra-cerebellar mass. The lesion was radically resected. It arose from the petrous bone. Histology revealed that the lesion was an aneurysmal bone cyst [ABC].