Predicting the "strugglers": a case-control study of students at Nottingham University Medical School.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify potential predictors of undergraduate students who struggle during their medical training.

Design

Case-control study. Cases were students who had experienced academic or personal difficulties that affected their progression on the course ("strugglers"). Controls were selected at random from the corresponding year cohorts, using a ratio of four controls for each struggler.

Setting

University of Nottingham Medical School.

Participants

Students who entered the course over five consecutive years.

Main outcome measures

Likelihood ratios for independent risk factors for struggling on the course

Results

10-15% of each year's student intake were identified as strugglers. Significant independent predictors of students being in this ca

SUBMITTER: Yates J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1450046 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature