Predictors of Attrition and Academic Success of Medical Students: A 30-Year Retrospective Study

Kružičević, Silvija Maslov; Barisic, Katarina Josipa; Banožić, Adriana; Esteban, Carlos David; Sapunar, Damir; Puljak, Livia

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“…Findings indicated that the first-year of medical school, in particular the first six months, is the most challenging time for local students in transnational medical education, and reflect international literature on the transition to higher learning (Kruzicevic at al., 2012;Arulampulam et al, 2004a). However, in this specific context in the Middle East, the first-year transitional experience is framed by the complexities of differences involved when local students move from an Arabic, gender segregated government school learning environment, to a very different English language, western learning environment (Lindley at al., 2013).…”

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confidence: 66%

Epistemological and Ontological Challenges of Transnational Foundation Year Medical Students

Holden

Anand²,

Maddison³

et al. 2017

IJLD

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This paper investigates the journey embarked upon by foundation year medical students in order to adapt to new ways of learning, knowing and realizing self-determination as they navigate the new situated spaces of a transnational medical university in the Middle East. Drawing on a body of research carried out in this university, and with reference to wider literature on transnational education, this paper develops insights and makes recommendations on how to support local Arab students from Arabic secondary schools who enter transnational medical education 'at home'. The discussion considers an important component of this as being the shift in this context from previous learning through the medium of Arabic to tertiary level learning in English. It is argued that the transition of transnational students can be mapped through ontological and epistemological lenses through a journey from 'known space' to 'new place'. A tri-support model which demonstrates this transition is presented which can be usefully applied to other transnational educational contexts.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 66%

Epistemological and Ontological Challenges of Transnational Foundation Year Medical Students

Holden

Anand²,

Maddison³

et al. 2017

IJLD

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“…[2] In order to train a medico, the government has to invest a substantial amount of money. [3] Therefore, for the benefi t of students and society in the long run, it is important to identify the predictors of academic performance and render timely academic assistance to the students to cope up with their study.…”

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confidence: 99%

Predictors of academic performance of medical undergraduate students of microbiology class in Kolkata

Roy¹,

Chadalawada²

2014

Int J Med Public Health

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Context:Identification of the effect of valid factors on students' academic performance is of great importance to student counseling and policy making. Aims: This study was carried out to fi nd the predictors of academic performance of 2 nd year undergraduate medical students of a renowned Medical College of Kolkata. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital of Kolkata. The information on factors like attendance percentage, sex, place of residence, previous academic performance of the entire batch of 2 nd year students was collected from the departments' academic records and through personal interview. The association of the above mentioned factors with students' academic performance was determined through statistical analysis using t-test and multiple linear regression modeling and the results were reported. Results: Academic performance is found to be weakly correlated with attendance. Better academic grade was observed for the group with high attendance percentage compared to the other with low attendance percentage (P < 0.01). Higher percentage of marks was observed to be scored by female students (P < 0.01), local students (P < 0.01) and high performers who were capable of successfully clearing their 1 st year's coursework in their fi rst attempt (P < 0.01). Conclusion: All the factors studied in this paper which includes attendance, sex, place of residence and previous academic performance serve as predictors in understanding students' performance. Among the above mentioned, the attendance of the students is an important factor that has to be monitored and regulated through corrective actions to improve the performance of the class.

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“…Researchers have measured tertiary academic success in terms of GPA (Honicke & Broadbent, 2016;Junco, 2015), grades (Glass & Westmont, 2014;Smith, 2016), percentages (Bailey & Phillips, 2016;Gašević, Dawson, Rogers, & Gasevic, 2016), retention in course (Kruzicevic et al, 2012), degree completion within time (Gašević et al, 2016) and by using academic success scales (Ainin, Naqshbandi, Moghavvemi, & Jaafar, 2015).…”

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Tertiary Academic Success: A Review of Factors in the Context of Ecological Model

Firdous¹,

Ali²

2017

J.educ.soc.sci

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Working in academic settings is an important area in community psychology and tertiary academia (education after high school) is of marked significance. Success in tertiary education is consequential for subsequent life and several factors are involved in it. The aim of this review paper was to analyze these factors within the context of Ecological Model of Dalton, Elias, and Wandersman (2007). In this model, environment has interconnected layers of proximal and distal systems which comprise five ecological levels of analysis: individuals, microsystem, organizations, localities and macrosystem. Specifically, the objectives of this study were to analyze the research work done on tertiary academic success factors in the years 2012-2016 at all ecological levels of analysis. Tertiary academic success in these studies has been measured in terms of GPA, grades, percentages, retention in course, completion of degree within time and academic success scales. Analysis of the factors of tertiary academic success at all community levels is needed to cut down attrition rates, improve student retention and help achieve good GPAs. This review highlights that the individual factors have been explored to a larger extent and factors related to other ecological levels are underexplored. The review contributes to field by enhancing the understanding of factors related to tertiary academic success. It may also assist educationists taking practical steps to help students achieve this success. Further theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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Predictors of Attrition and Academic Success of Medical Students: A 30-Year Retrospective Study

Cited by 47 publications

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Epistemological and Ontological Challenges of Transnational Foundation Year Medical Students

Epistemological and Ontological Challenges of Transnational Foundation Year Medical Students

Predictors of academic performance of medical undergraduate students of microbiology class in Kolkata

Tertiary Academic Success: A Review of Factors in the Context of Ecological Model

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