약학대학생들의 입학전형요소와 학업성취도의 상관관계에 관한 연구

Relationship between Entrance Qualifications and Academic Performance of Pharmacy Students

Background: A new admission procedure was introduced to Korea when Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) pro- gram was first established in 2011. In the new procedure, applicants are reviewed based on quantitative ualifications, which include Pharmacy Education Eligibility Test (PEET) scores, Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) scores, and grade point average (GPA), as well as qualitative qualifications such as essay writing, urricular activities including volunteer experiences. Purpose: This study aimed to find relationships between entrance qualifications and aca-demic performance of pharmacy students. Method: Entrance qualifications and academic performance of 164 first-year stu-dents were analyzed from 2011 to 2013 at Catholic University of Daegu. Other characteristics such as age and gender were also considered in the study. Results: Only GPA and TOEIC scores showed positive Pearson correlation with academic per-formance, while PEET scores did not. Conclusion: GPA and TOEIC scores could potentially have predictive validity for aca-demic performance in pharmacy school. PEET scores, however, should simply be considered as pre-entrance qualifications, without predictive validity for academic performance.