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Predictors of academic achievement in physical therapy. 1986

J A Balogun, and L A Karacoloff, and N T Farina

We undertook this retrospective study to determine the best predictors of academic achievement in a baccalaureate physical therapy program. The files of 83 matriculated students were reviewed, and data on the following admission requirements were compiled: 1) preprofessional grade point averages (GPAs), 2) scores on the Allied Health Professions Admission Test, 3) scores on the written composition (ESSAY), 4) preprofessional faculty recommendation scores, 5) ratings by a physical therapist after a 70-hour clinical observation before the professional training, and 6) personal interview ratings. Data were analyzed with multiple and stepwise regression models using the admission data as independent variables to predict academic achievement (QPAPT) at the end of the two-year professional program. When all independent variables were included in the multiple regression equation, 53% of the variance in the QPAPT was explained (p less than .0001). The stepwise regression revealed that the best predictors of the QPAPT were the GPA (accounted for 40% of variance) and the ESSAY (accounted for 11% of variance).

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004521	Educational Measurement	The assessing of academic or educational achievement. It includes all aspects of testing and test construction.	Assessment, Educational,Graduate Records Examination,Educational Assessment,Examination, Graduate Records,Measurement, Educational,Assessments, Educational,Educational Assessments,Educational Measurements,Examinations, Graduate Records,Graduate Records Examinations,Measurements, Educational
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000124	Achievement	Success in bringing an effort to the desired end; the degree or level of success attained in some specified area (esp. scholastic) or in general.	Accomplishment,Accomplishments,Achievements
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D026741	Physical Therapy Modalities	Therapeutic modalities frequently used in PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY by PHYSICAL THERAPISTS or physiotherapists to promote, maintain, or restore the physical and physiological well-being of an individual.	Physical Therapy,Physiotherapy (Techniques),Group Physiotherapy,Neurological Physiotherapy,Neurophysiotherapy,Physical Therapy Techniques,Group Physiotherapies,Modalities, Physical Therapy,Modality, Physical Therapy,Physical Therapies,Physical Therapy Modality,Physical Therapy Technique,Physiotherapies (Techniques),Physiotherapies, Group,Physiotherapy, Group,Physiotherapy, Neurological,Techniques, Physical Therapy,Therapy, Physical