Table 1.
Zero order bivariate associations between predictors and outcomes
| Predictor
|
Medical assessments
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preclinical
|
BMedSci
|
Clinical
|
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| A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
Empirical project
|
Viva voce
|
Analytical paper
|
Theory paper
|
Junior surgery
|
Senior surgery
|
Junior medicine
|
Child health
|
General practice
|
Psychiatry
|
Obstetrics and gynaecology
|
Ophthalmics
|
Dermatology
|
Ear, nose, and throat
|
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| Information in reference | −0.02 | −0.08 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.09 | −0.10 | −0.06 | −0.11 | 0.08 | 0.17* | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.09 | −0.02 | −0.07 | −0.07 | ||
| Information in personal statement | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14* | 0.08 | 0.08 | −0.09 | 0.09 | −0.19* | 0.16* | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.14* | 0.18* | 0.18* | 0.09 | ||
| Previous academic performance | 0.40* | 0.32* | 0.30* | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.19* | −0.02 | 0.19* | 0.06 | 0.04 | −0.09 | 0.05 | 0.24* | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | ||
| Emotional stability | 0.09 | 0.15* | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.17* | 0.25* | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.11 | −0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.12 | ||
| Surgency | −0.10 | −0.16* | −0.01 | 0.07 | 0.07 | −0.07 | −0.04 | −0.21* | 0.14 | −0.05 | 0.01 | −0.01 | −0.04 | 0.01 | 0 | −0.23* | 0.13 | −0.11 | ||
| Intellect | −0.02 | 0.04 | −0.10 | −0.02 | −0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | −0.05 | 0.16* | 0.00 | −0.12 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.01 | −0.07 | 0.03 | 0.02 | −0.03 | ||
| Agreeableness | 0.16* | 0.13 | 0.24* | 0.23* | 0.16* | 0.28* | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.27* | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.01 | ||
| Conscientiousness | 0.46* | 0.47* | 0.49* | 0.38* | 0.30* | 0.38* | 0.25* | 0.33* | 0.08 | 0.28* | 0.04 | 0.18* | 0.17* | 0.15 | 0.21* | 0.17* | 0.17* | 0.15 | ||
*
P⩽0.05, **P<0.01 (range 104-175).