TY - JOUR AU - Noor , Faiza Kiran AU - Danish Hassan Khan, AU - Haider Ghazanfar , PY - 2020/10/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Potential risk factors related to academic failure in a medical college, a comparative approach JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association JA - J Pak Med Assoc VL - IS - SE - Research Article DO - 10.47391/JPMA.018 UR - https://ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/1663 SP - 1-14 AB - <p><strong><u>Abstract</u></strong></p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare risk factors related to medical students’ failure based on gender, year of study and living away from home.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The cross-sectional, non-interventional, comparative study was conducted at a private medical college of Islamabad, Pakistan from 2015 to 2017, and comprised students who had even once scored &lt;50% marks in their professional examinations. Data was collected using a questionnaire that was scored on a five-point Likert scale. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 115 students, 62(52%) were day scholars compared to 55(48%) hostellers; 64(56%) were females compared to 51(44%) males; and 50(43%) belonged to the second year. Overall, differences in terms of gender, year of study and living away from home were not significant (p&gt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Risk factors for poor academic performance were found to be common among all students.</p><p><strong>Key Words:</strong> Risk factors, Academic failure, College, Medical students, Medical sciences student, Living conditions, Gender differences, Perceptions.</p><p><strong>Continuous...</strong></p> ER -