Effect of age, premedical academic performance, and entry bias on students' performance in final preclinical examination at the University of Nigeria Medical School

Nto, Nto Johnson; Obikili, Emmanuel N.; Anyanwu, Godson Emeka; Agu, Augustine Uchechukwu; Esom, Emmanuel Anayochukwu; Ezugworie, Joseph Okike

doi:10.4103/jeca.jeca_2_19

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“…The results showed a significant difference between age and academic achievement, with the average age of students with a GPA score above 3 being lower. This finding supports the idea that there is a negative correlation between age and academic achievement, which is consistent with the results of Nto et al [24]. However, other studies have found a positive relationship [22,25] or no relationship [13,23,52] between age and academic achievement.…”

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Factors affecting academic achievement of third-year students of Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine

Erer Kafa,

Ladik,

Arı

et al. 2023

Health Sci. Q.

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The present study aimed to investigate the determinants of academic performance among third-year students in the Faculty of Medicine. A survey consisting of 45 questions was administered to 357 third-year students in the academic year 2017-2018, with a response rate of 233 participants. The academic achievement was assessed by evaluating the grade point average (GPA) scores, with a threshold of 3. The results revealed that several factors were significantly associated with a GPA score of 3 and above, including age (p=0.011), relationship with parents and positive parental attitude (p=0.001), staying with family (p=0.015), and school selection to “be a doctor” (p=0.044). The results also showed that negative parenting behaviors and smoking were associated with an increased risk of academic failure. However, no significant association was found between academic performance and gender, physical exercise, parents’ education, and employment status. This study highlights the crucial factors impacting academic achievement in medical education. The results demonstrate the importance of age, relationship with parents, parental attitude, reasons for choosing a medical school, smoking habits, and extracurricular activities in determining GPA outcomes. The findings have important implications for the future planning of students, the development of education, and the formulation of new policies

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“…The mean age of the 233 third-year students participating in the study was 20.77±0.88 (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25). Of the students, 134 (57.5%) were female, and 99 (42.5%) were male.…”

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Factors affecting academic achievement of third-year students of Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine

Erer Kafa,

Ladik,

Arı

et al. 2023

Health Sci. Q.

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“…Biased admission: many aspiring and bright undergraduates looking forward to medical education get sidetracked by certain pre-existing catchment-based selection. This is usually either due to tribal preference of students hailing from the state in which the medical school is located or for reasons best known to people who have influence over the admission process [ 6 ]. The constant recurrence of this act of favoritism reduces the interest of some students while alienating others who have genuine passion to become doctors.…”

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Undergraduate medical education in Nigeria: current standard and the need for advancement

Moyosoore¹,

Usman²,

Oluwafemi³

et al. 2021

Pan Afr Med J

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The post-independence era in Nigeria ushered in an array of fundamental structuring and development in all sectors of the Nigerian economy including medical education and training. This era saw the establishment of medical schools across the country which mirrored the medical curriculum of British universities. This paper dives into the general structure of undergraduate medical education in Nigeria, its historical background and how it compares with neighboring and distant countries. Since the undergraduate medical education curriculum has not seen significant modifications since conception, this paper presents the challenges of the existent structure to include biased admission process, emphasis on irrelevant pre-medical courses, paucity of of technologically-advanced teaching and learning aids, increased workloads of lecturers amongst others. Importantly, solutions and recommendations are prescribed in this paper, which if considered, may improve undergraduate medical training in Nigeria, and ultimately improve the standard of healthcare service provision in the country.

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Developing and Implementing an Entrustable Professional Activity Assessment for Pharmacy Practice Experiences

Smith

Stewart

Smith

et al. 2020

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To develop, implement, and validate an entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessment tool that could be used to calculate course grades for experiential students in all practice environments. Methods. An EPA assessment tool was developed and directly mapped to 18 EPAs, and a criterion, or passing score, for each EPA was established for all practice experiences. The EPA assessment tool was implemented in the college's experiential program during summer 2018 and comparative outcomes and reliability of the EPA assessment tool were assessed within the core advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs). Results. The EPA assessment tool reliability was strong (Cronbach's alpha50.93), with preceptorsuggested grades and grades calculated using the EPA assessment tool equivalent in 95% of completed APPEs. All nonequivalent calculated-preceptor grade pairs were evenly split between one grade higher than scored and one grade lower than scored. Conclusion. The EPA assessment tool is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing EPA achievement in the APPE year. Future work should focus on determining the longitudinal utility of the EPA tool by comparing outcomes in introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

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Effect of age, premedical academic performance, and entry bias on students' performance in final preclinical examination at the University of Nigeria Medical School

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Factors affecting academic achievement of third-year students of Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine

Factors affecting academic achievement of third-year students of Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine

Undergraduate medical education in Nigeria: current standard and the need for advancement

Developing and Implementing an Entrustable Professional Activity Assessment for Pharmacy Practice Experiences

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