PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hubbard, Joel David
AU  - Sawyer, Barbara G
TI  - Admissions Criteria as Predictors of CLS Student Success
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.118.000026
DP  - 2018 Jan 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - ascls.118.000026
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2018/05/22/ascls.118.000026.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2018/05/22/ascls.118.000026.full
AB  - A passing score on the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) exam is a metric of a students’ academic success in most Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Laboratory Science (CLS/MLS) programs. It would be ideal if CLS/MLS programs are able to predict a student’s success when an individual applies for admission to a CLS/MLS program. This study aimed to demonstrate that there is a positive correlation between admissions scores at the Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) School of Health Professions (SHP) and students’ performance on the BOC exam. Using simple linear regression analysis with Pearson correlation, specific criteria that are part of the application and admissions scoring process were used to determine the relationship. The results of the study showed moderate positive correlation with BOC exam performance, and although the admissions criteria at TTUHSC only moderately predict student success, they provide enough information to make an admissions decision on students who would have the best chance of success in the TTUHSC CLS program and the profession.