Predictive factors of success at the French National Ranking Examination (NRE): a retrospective study of the student performance from a French medical school.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The national ranking examination (NRE) marks the end of the second cycle (6th university year) of French medical studies and ranks students allowing them to choose their specialty and city of residency. We studied the potential predictive factors of success at the 2015 NRE by students attending a French School of Medicine.

Methods

From March 2016 to March 2017, a retrospective study of factors associated with the 2015 NRE success was conducted and enrolled 242 students who attended their sixth year at the school of medicine of Reims. Demographic and academic data collected by a home-made survey was studied using univariate and then multivariate analysis by generalized linear regression with a threshold of p <  0.05 deemed significant.

Results

The factors in

SUBMITTER: Lhuaire M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6925837 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature