Effects of Live Lecture Attendance on the Academic Achievement of Preclinical Medical Students

Wongtrakul, Wasit; Dangprapai, Yodying

doi:10.1007/s40670-020-01068-y

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“…In their study, Wongtrakul W and Dangprapai Y documented that the academic performance of medical students in their preclinical years was directly related to attending classes. [ 6 ] According to Daud and Javaid, regular attendance also reflects students’ commitment to learning. [ 7 ] Similar to our study, no gender differences were seen by Wynter in their study.…”

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Exploring Factors Responsible for Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students

Garg

2023

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

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Aim: The present study was conducted by for exploring factors responsible for absenteeism among undergraduate medical students. Materials and Methods: After taking students’ views on why they thought lectures were important to them, a questionnaire was designed to explore the various factors responsible for absenteeism. Out of 150, 130 students filled the questionnaires and were taken into account for the calculation of data. Also, their recommendations on how to improve class attendance were recorded. All the results were analyzed. Results: Most of the students were of the opinion that lectures are important as they get to interact with teachers and peers, get timely feedback, and develop effective communication skills. The most common reason stated by male students for absenteeism was the long duration of lectures followed by dislike for the teaching style of teachers, while the female students missed classes mainly due to health issues and poor presentation skills of teachers. Conclusion: All these findings call for further research to determine a better understanding of the reasons for absenteeism and its consequences.

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Exploring Factors Responsible for Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students

Garg

2023

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

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“…Students in junior-level courses had a 5% higher attendance rate than those in sophomore-and senior-level courses, but students in senior-level courses achieved better grades than their junior and sophomore counterparts (Devadoss & Foltz, 1996). In the same vein, Wongtrakul & Dangprapai (2020) found that the lecture attendance rate among second-year students was significantly higher than that among the third-year students. One of the few studies analysing the impact of absenteeism on academic year performance finds that the lack of class attendance has a greater impact on academic performance in second-year students (27% variance explained, term hereinafter used to represent the R 2 of a linear regression) compared to third-year students (15% variance explained), demonstrating that maturity contributes to the ability to perform well (Maloney & Lally, 1998).…”

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Impact of absenteeism on academic performance under compulsory attendance policies in first to fifth year university students

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Crespo‐Tejero²

2021

Rev. complut. educ

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Since the implementation of the European Higher Education Area, universities have been obliged to implement continuous assessment systems that require a high degree of attendance by students. Using recorded data, from year 1 to year 5, of 694 students of a European university, where attendance is mandatory, the main objective of this research is to analyse to what extent absenteeism affects performance across the years of degree study. The investigation found a decreasing effect. In addition, a cluster analysis was done to find out if the compulsory attendance policy impacts all students equally. Three different behavioural styles were found: those who attend regularly, students who manage their number of absences to comply with attendance rules, who are the real targets the policy, and a third group with a high number of absences not affected by the policy. These findings identify the groups of students who benefit most from adequate attendance.

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“…Each year, approximately 320 high school graduates are enrolled in our 6-year undergraduate Doctor of Medicine degree program. Our curriculum consists of an introductory year in fundamental general science, 2 years of preclinical courses in basic medical science (preclinical years), 2 years of clinical rotations, and a final year of clinical clerkship ( Wongtrakul and Dangprapai, 2020 ).…”

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Reliability and validity study of the Thai adaptation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey among preclinical medical students at a medical school in Thailand

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Burnout syndrome is characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and lack of professional efficacy. A considerable proportion of medical students experience burnout syndrome during their educational training. Therefore, this issue has become a major concern in the medical education community. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) is the most widely used assessment of burnout syndrome among college students, including preclinical medical students. Therefore, our objective was to culturally modify and validate the MBI-SS in a Thai context for use with preclinical medical students. The MBI-SS comprises 16 items, including five items for emotional exhaustion, five items for cynicism, and six items for academic efficacy. Four hundred and twenty-six preclinical medical students participated in this study. We randomly divided the samples into two equivalent subsamples of 213 participants. The first subsample was used to calculate McDonald’s omega coefficients to assess internal consistency and to perform exploratory factor analysis. McDonald’s omega coefficients for exhaustion, cynicism, and academic efficacy were 0.877, 0.844, and 0.846, respectively. The scree plot from the unweighted least squares estimation and a direct oblimin rotation, supplemented with Horn’s parallel analysis and the Hull method, revealed three major factors of the Thai MBI-SS. Due to the violation of the multivariate normality assumption in the second subsample, we performed a confirmatory factor analysis with the unweighted least squares with a mean and variance adjusted estimation approach. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed favorable goodness-of-fit indices. Data from 187 out of 426 participants (43.9%), who completed a second questionnaire, were utilized to evaluate test–retest reliability. The correlation coefficients for test–retest reliability with a three-week period between tests were 0.724, 0.760, and 0.769 for the exhaustion, cynicism, and academic efficacy domains, respectively (all p < 0.05). This indicates that the Thai MBI-SS is a valid and reliable instrument to assess burnout syndrome in our Thai preclinical medical student population.

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Effects of Live Lecture Attendance on the Academic Achievement of Preclinical Medical Students

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

Exploring Factors Responsible for Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students

Exploring Factors Responsible for Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students

Impact of absenteeism on academic performance under compulsory attendance policies in first to fifth year university students

Reliability and validity study of the Thai adaptation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey among preclinical medical students at a medical school in Thailand

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