Positive Impact of GPA on Medical Sciences Exams Under New Conditions

Head of the Medical Education Assessment Center stressed applying the positive impact of GPA on medical sciences exams under the new conditions.

The head of the Medical Education Assessment Center emphasized the positive effect of GPA in medical science exams with new conditions.

According to Ambassador Arjan, quoted by the Ministry of Health, Dr. Reza Shojaipour, head of the Medical Education Assessment Center, explained how to apply the positive effect of GPA in the basic science and pre-internship exams and announced: This point is only considered for candidates who did not achieve the passing score, and this decision was implemented from the exam of Shahrivar month 1404 onwards.

Referring to the approvals of the Evaluation and Admission Council of the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education about how to calculate the grades of the basic sciences and pre-internship exams, he said: The positive effect of the GPA is only applied to candidates who have not achieved the passing score. In this situation, the candidate's score is calculated based on 40 grade point average and 160 raw test scores.

Shojaipour added: If the candidate gets a score higher than the passing threshold, including the GPA, the passing threshold score will be considered for him.

Referring to the deadline for candidates' GPA correction, the head of the Medical Education Assessment Center said: "Universities have the opportunity to correct the candidates' GPA up to one month after the announcement of the exam results, and after this deadline, it will not be possible to apply the GPA."

Shujaipour also explained about how to calculate the score of the basic medical and dental science exams for non-Iranian candidates: the score of this category of candidates is calculated from 190 and the score of the education course is also awarded to them accordingly.

He emphasized: These regulations have been implemented since the exam of September 1404 and it is necessary for the universities to inform the candidates about its provisions.