| Autor: |
Batool, Hijab, Mumtaz, Asim, Chughtai, A. S., Sadaqat, Ameelia, Ali Shah, Syed Imran |
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Professional Medical Journal; 2017, Vol. 24 Issue 11, p1733-1739, 7p |
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Objectives: To explore the factors affecting academic performance of undergraduate MBBS students in Central Park Medical College Lahore. Background: In medical education, academic achievement tends to be an important aspect of professional development later in the life of medical graduates. In Pakistan, pre-admission grades are one of the most important criteria for admission in medical colleges. Several other factors are also believed to play an important role to predict performance of undergraduate students in medical colleges. A detailed study of these factors can help to improve the performance of students in medical colleges. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Setting: Central Park Medical College, Lahore. Materials and methods: Two MBBS batches (n=200) of Central Park Medical College. Student data regarding gender, parent occupation, being a boarder or day scholar, marks scored in F.sc and MCAT along with the score obtained in all professional examinations was collected. The data was analyzed using SPSS 23.0. Results: This study revealed that there was a positive correlation between preadmission grades of students and their academic performance throughout the five year period of medical college. There was no significant difference (p-value >0.05) between the academic performances of students from parents of medical background as compared to those from parents without any medical background. The performances of students living in hostels were almost same as their counterparts who were day scholars (p-value>0.05). The overall performance of students was better in the final years of medical colleges as compared to the initial years with females performing better than males. Conclusion: The findings of this study support the fact that pre admission grades may prove to be a predictor of performance later in professional college life. Factors like parent occupation and place of accommodation have little role in predicting the academic achievement of medical students. Learning though interactive manner tend to help in achieving better grades as compared to students who learn through less interactive/didactic lecture technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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