Abstract :
Introduction: Medical undergraduates need to possess the ability to acquire knowledge on a wide range of
subjects over short period of time. Medical schools worldwide use different methodologies to select ideal
candidates, which include cognitive factors and non-cognitive factors. A proper selection will minimize failures
during the beginning semesters and will ensure student’s capacity to withstand the standard of training.
Therefore, we have decided to study the impact of cognitive and non-cognitive factors in predicting the academic
success among medical students.
Material & Methods: The study was a survey of 150 first year medical students of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, admitted in 2018. A data was collected from the
Department of Anatomy for initial three part completion tests performance and class attendance, which was
tabulated along with the information received from the questionnaire i.e. age, gender, percent secured and
language in school, National eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) attempt and marks, residence, category for
premedical (PMT) selection (general/ non-resident Indians (NRIs)/ handicap), parents occupation, siblings, family
(nuclear/joint/rural/urban), hobbies, time management during PC (part completion) tests, coaching before PMT)
given to each student separately.
Observation & Results: Students were observed to lie in three groups according to their performance in PC
tests: group I (>60%), group II (50-59.9%), group III (
Keyword :
Academic success, cognitive factors, non-cognitive factors, selection procedure, medical students