A levels and intelligence as predictors of medical careers in UK doctors: 20 year prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether A level grades (achievement) and intelligence (ability) predict doctors' careers.

Design

Prospective cohort study with follow up after 20 years by postal questionnaire.

Setting

A UK medical school in London.

Participants

511 doctors who had entered Westminster Medical School as clinical students between 1975 and 1982 were followed up in January 2002.

Main outcome measures

Time taken to reach different career grades in hospital or general practice, postgraduate qualifications obtained (membership/fellowships, diplomas, higher academic degrees), number of research publications, and measures of stress and burnout related to A level grades and intelligence (result of AH5 intelligence test) at entry to clinical school. General heal

SUBMITTER: McManus IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC165701 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature