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paper reports findings canada based multiinstitutional study designed investigate relationships admissions criteria inprogram assessments performance licensing exams studys objective provide valuable insights improving educational practices across different institutions data gathered six medical schools mcmaster university northern ontario school medicine university queens university university ottawa university toronto western university dataset includes graduates undertook medical council canada qualifying examination part 1 mccqe1 2015 2017 data categorized five distinct sections demographic information well four matrices admissions course performance objective structured clinical examination osce clerkship performance common unique variables identified extensive consensusbuilding process hierarchical linear regression manual stepwise variable selection approach used analysis analyses performed data set encompassing graduates six medical schools well individual data sets school combined data set final model estimated 32 variance performance licensing exams highlighting variables age admission sex biomedical knowledge first postclerkship osce clerkship theta score individual school analysis explained 4160 variance mccqe1 outcomes comparable variables analysis combined data set identified significant independent variables therefore strongly emphasising need variety highquality assessment educational continuum study underscores importance sharing data enable educational insights study also challenges came access aggregation data advocate establishment common framework multiinstitutional educational research facilitating studies evaluations across diverse institutions study demonstrates scientific potential collaborative data analysis enhancing educational outcomes offers deeper understanding factors influencing performance licensure exams emphasizes need addressing data gaps advance multiinstitutional research educational improvements