Success Rate on the National Medical License Examination and Matriculation Rate of Medical Colleges / 医学教育

The success rate on the national medical license examination was calculated as the number of successful new graduates divided by the number of students at matriculation. Statistical analysis revealed that private medical colleges could be divided into two different groups: a large group A and a small group B. Furthermore, group A and national medical colleges could be regarded as one group. The conclusions are as follows. 1. The success rate of group A is almost equal to that of national medical colleges. 2. In the two groups, no significant correlation was observed between the success rate and the matriculation rate. 3. The success rate is a reliable index of the teaching efficiency of medical colleges.