This paper looks at pre-entry examination passes in the biological sciences at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level and the effect that these have on occupational therapy students' performance in anatomy and physiology in the first year of the course at the Liverpool College of Occupational Therapy. Results suggest that there was no significant relationship between the two in six out of the seven years studied (1977–1984).
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