Using document phenomenology to investigate academic failure among year 1 undergraduate Malaysian medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Academic failure is common among medical schools worldwide. However, the process behind this failure itself is underexplored. A deeper understanding of this phenomenon may avert the vicious cycle of academic failure. Hence, this study investigated the process of academic failure among medical students in Year 1.

Methods

This study employed a document phenomenological approach, which is a systematic process to examine documents, interpret them to attain understanding, and develop empirical knowledge of the phenomenon studied. Using document analysis, interview transcripts and reflective essays of 16 Year 1 medical students who experienced academic failure were analysed. Based on this analysis, codes were developed and further reduced into categories and themes. Thi

SUBMITTER: Khairul Anhar Holder NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10161666 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature