論文ID: JMJ19-OA02
Objective: To identify a high-risk group with poor computer-based testing (CBT) results, we hypothesized that CBT scores are higher in students who selected biology than in those who selected physics as a science subject for the university entrance examination.
Materials: We examined 727 students (477 males and 250 females) studying medicine at Juntendo University who took the CBT and the graduation examination between 2012 and 2019. We divided them into a Physics group and Biology group for the medical school entrance examination and investigated the relationship between the subjects selected and the examination results.
Results: The Item Response Theory (IRT) score for the CBT was 491.6±85.4 in the Physics group and 516.8±81.2 in the Biology group (p<0.001). The Biology group also achieved a significantly higher score in the CBT (IRT≧400) than the Physics group (85.1% versus 95.2%, p<0.0001). This was confirmed by the multivariate-adjusted odds ratio in all students, i.e., 0.31 and male students i.e., 0.18, but not in female students in the Biology group. In comparisons of correct answer rates for the graduation examination, no significant difference was noted between the 2 groups.
Conclusions: Students who selected biology for the university entrance examination achieved higher CBT scores than those who selected physics. Some of male students who selected physics as a science subject for the university entrance examination showed greater difficulty with covering biology knowledge and, thus, need to be instructed to study seriously on a regular basis and prepare early for the CBT.
