Grades of Science and Non-science Courses of Medical Students Graduating from Different Types of High School

Park, Won Il; Jun, Soo Kyoung; Jung, Min Seung; Park, Won Il; Jun, Soo Kyoung; Jung, Min Seung

doi:2007.19.2.101

Korean J Med Educ > Volume 19(2); 2007 > Article

Original Article

Korean Journal of Medical Education 2007;19(2): 101-110. doi: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2007.19.2.101

출신 고등학교 유형에 따른 의과대학생의 교과목별 학업성취도

박원일¹, 전수경², 정민승³

¹을지의과대학교 산부인과학교실
²을지의과대학교 교육개발연구센터
³한국방송통신대학교 교육과

Grades of Science and Non-science Courses of Medical Students Graduating from Different Types of High School

Won Il Park¹, Soo Kyoung Jun², Min Seung Jung³

¹Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Eulji University, Korea.
²Center for Educational Development & Research, School of Medicine, Eulji University, Korea.
³Department of Education, Korea National Open University, Korea.

Corresponding Author: Won Il Park, Tel: Tel: 02)970-8717,, Fax: 02)970-8231, Email: pwi3110@eulji.ac.kr

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore the interrelationship between the types of high school attended and academic achievement in medical school. We hypothesized that graduates of science or language high schools would achieve higher grades in science or humanity/social science courses during the early medical years because of their previous learning. In addition, we hypothesized that this difference would lessen throughout medical school. METHODS: The academic scores of 94 students who graduated from E medical school were analyzed. Of the 94, 79 students graduated from general high-schools, 8 were from special science high schools, and 7 were from special language high schools. The academic scores for 13 courses were analyzed: 4 from the pre-medical phase, 3 from the pre-clinical phase, and 6 from the clinical phase. Among the 13 courses, 8(Information & computing, Genetics, Biochemistry, Doctoring, Internal medicine, Reproduction medicine, Internal medicine clerkship, and Obstetrics & gynecology clerkship) were categorized as science courses, while 5 (Philosophy, Behavior science, Preventive medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychiatry clerkship) were categorized as humanity/social sciences courses. RESULTS: The graduates of the language high schools obtained significantly higher scores in Genetics(premedical) and Psychiatry clerkship(clinical). The differences in the 11 other subjects were not statistically significant. In the clinical phase, the science high school graduates had slightly higher grades in the lecture courses while the language high school graduates obtained higher scores in the clerkship courses. CONCLUSION: This study supports the hypothesis that there is no significant difference in academic achievements and the type of high school the students attended.

Keywords: Medical students;Secondary school;Academic achievement