Factors affecting the probability of first year medical student dropout in the UK: a logistic analysis for the intake cohorts of 1980-92

Arulampalam, Wiji; Naylor, Robin; Smith, Jeremy

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2929.2004.01815.x

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“…Only in a military medical program, female gender was found to be associated with higher risk for dropping out (Stetto et al 2004). In most medical universities, the drop-out ratio is usually lower for female students (Arulampalam et al 2004a(Arulampalam et al , 2004b(Arulampalam et al , 2007Andriole & Jeffe 2010). Hence, the situation in Austria (this study and Reibnegger et al (2011)) has been rather unique.…”

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Paradise lost or paradise regained? Changes in admission system affect academic performance and drop-out rates of medical students

Kraft¹,

Lamina²,

Kluckner³

et al. 2012

Medical Teacher

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Background: The Austrian State medical universities had to change their admission system in 2005. Until this year admission to medical studies was unrestricted. Innsbruck Medical University chose the Eignungstest fü r das Medizinstudium in der Schweiz (EMS) aptitude test for admission testing. Aims and objectives: Did the implementation of a selection process affect the academic performance and drop-out rates of students according to gender? Methods: Two groups of students were compared: 'open admission ' (2002-2004), and 'selected ' (2006-2009). Academic performance was tested according to results in the final exams after year 1 (SIP 1; SIP, summative integrierte Prü fung) and after year 3 (SIP 3). Drop-out rates were recorded using the registration system of the university. Results: Both, male and female 'selected' students had a higher passing rate regarding SIP 1 and they passed SIP 1 in shorter time and using fewer attempts than the open admission group. The percentage in passing SIP 3 did not change due to change in admission. The drop-out rates were significantly reduced for male and female students. 'Unselected' female students had a significantly higher drop-out ratio than 'unselected' male counterparts. After EMS testing, the drop-out ratios of female and male students were not significantly different. Conclusion: Selected applicants were more able and better motivated to study medicine.

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Paradise lost or paradise regained? Changes in admission system affect academic performance and drop-out rates of medical students

Kraft¹,

Lamina²,

Kluckner³

et al. 2012

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“…13,34,42 As is reported by Pryjmachuk et al, 13 age on entry is of moderate influence when it comes to timely completion of studies at the nursing department. On the other hand, Arulampalam et al,30 in their studies carried out in the UK, showed that students of medicine who are older than 21, bear a significantly higher risk of dropping out that younger students (OR=1.46), although these findings were not confirmed in their later studies. 31 The impact of age on attrition at medicine was also a subject of analyses of two studies performed in the United States 43,44 and one in Australia.…”

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“…29 As is concluded by Ferguson et al 14 on the basis of systematic literature review, it is recommended to consider gender as one of the important variables in predictive studies at medical faculties. 14 As far as attrition is concerned, Arulampalam et al, 30 in their studies car ried out in the UK, found that men bear a greater risk of attrition than women (OR=1.19), although in their later works, the authors achieved contradictory results (OR=0.81). 31 Also, in case of a highly feminised profession such as nursing, it was observed that men bear a sig nificantly higher risk of dropping out than women.…”

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Risk of Attritionfrom Master of Science in Pharmacy Degree Program: 15-year Predictive Evaluation.

Pańczyk¹,

Rebandel²,

Belowska³

et al. 2016

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A model of logistic regression was used to evaluate predictive factors that are of potential influence on the risk of the delayed graduation or attrition. Results: For the model with the outcome variable "timely/delayed graduation" it was found that men bear nearly twice as big a risk of a delayed graduation than women (OR=1.978; P=0.004). It was also observed that students recruited within a new system of admission have almost 10 times greater chances for a delayed graduation as opposed students from the years recruited on the basis of old regulations (OR=10.224; P<0.001). Moreover, for a regression model based on the outcome variable" timely graduation/attrition", it was also noted that men bear a greater risk of attrition than women (OR=3.621; P<0.001) and that students recruited within a new system as opposed to the old one (OR=23.734; P<0.001). Also, good predictive ability was found for both recruitment criteria when evaluating the risk of attrition (OR for biology and chemistry was 0.974 and 0.958, respectively). Additionally, it was observed the risk of attrition and failure to complete studies was age on entry (OR=1.154; P=0.05). Conclusion: The obtained results of the predictive analysis allow determining a profile of a student who bears a high risk of attrition during studies at the pharmacy department: man who began his studies at least one after completing secondary school and achieved a score in chemistry and biology below the average compared to other candidates accepted to this faculty.

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“…Since dropping out represents an important educational problem, plenty of information on calculating the percentage of admitted students that drop out of medical school without completing their studies exists in the available literature [4,19–22]. One interesting finding from this information is that the average percentages of dropping out varies among developed countries [3], which is only 11.1% normally, and for developing countries such as those in South America [17], dropout rates may range from 43 to 62%.…”

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The influence of different curriculum designs on students’ dropout rate: a case study

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Quintero

Isaza‐Restrepo

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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The relationship between students’ withdrawal and educational variables has generated a considerable number of publications. As the explosion of information in sciences and integration theories led to creating different curriculum designs, it has been assumed that differences among designs explain academic success and, therefore, students’ retention. However, little attention has been given to examine explicitly how diverse designs influence dropout rates in practice, which questions if decisions to reform curricula are sufficiently informed. This article describes our curriculum reform, which exposes our former and current curriculum designs as having had dissimilar dropout percentages. Furthermore, we aimed to explore the influence of different curriculum designs on students’ dropout rates. The conclusion is that dropout variations may be explained not only because of the curriculum design itself, but also because of the power relationship changes between teachers and students that brought out the design change. Consequently, more research is needed to fully understand the political implications of different curriculum designs and their influence on dropout rates.

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Factors affecting the probability of first year medical student dropout in the UK: a logistic analysis for the intake cohorts of 1980-92

Cited by 100 publications

References 15 publications

Paradise lost or paradise regained? Changes in admission system affect academic performance and drop-out rates of medical students

Paradise lost or paradise regained? Changes in admission system affect academic performance and drop-out rates of medical students

Risk of Attritionfrom Master of Science in Pharmacy Degree Program: 15-year Predictive Evaluation.

The influence of different curriculum designs on students’ dropout rate: a case study

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