Introduction:

Considered a complementary assessment tool, the Progress Test (PT) allows for a serial academic evaluation, which benefits both the student and educational institution in several ways. There has been an increasing effort to ascertain a link between the PT and the results of medical residency (MR), as both are measurements of cognitive competences.

Objective:

To correlate medical students’ performance in the PT with MR admissions.

Method:

Cross-sectional study conducted between November 2018 and March 2021 involving 143 students from the Universidade de Fortaleza medicine course who underwent the PT and unified MR selection process in the state.

Result:

A significant positive correlation (ρ = 0,257**; p < 0,001) was found between the average score for all years of the PT and passing the first phase of the MR, as well as between the PT scores achieved in the sixth year and passing the first phase of MR (ρ = 0,354**; p < 0,001). There was also a positive correlation found between the average and sixth year PT scores and passing the second and final phase of MR (ρ = 0,226**; p < 0,001 and ρ = 0,265**; p < 0,001).

Conclusion:

The PT proved to be an excellent predictor of results in summative exams with broad participation and can be considered and important tool for success in medical residency selection, suggesting that it should be increasingly valued, both by students and by the institutions that apply it.

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