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    • Health professions education
    • Allied health sciences
    • Radiologic technology

    Background:

    • Many health education programs utilize a range of factors to predict student success.
    • Effective admission criteria are essential for identifying candidates likely to excel academically and clinically.

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    • To examine successful admission criteria in health education programs.
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    • Searched health sciences databases for studies on admission criteria.
    • Focused on medical, allied health, and specifically radiologic technology education.

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    • Cognitive and noncognitive factors are widely used in medical and health sciences programs.
    • No common admission criteria have been identified to predict success in radiologic technology education.

    Conclusions:

    • Further research is needed to establish effective admission criteria for radiologic technology programs.
    • Investigating cognitive and noncognitive factors may help predict student success in this field.