THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS IN PESHAWAR
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BACKGROUND: The academic performance of a student at the undergrad level is a vital determinant of their future carriers. The performance of a student at this level is affected by several different factors ranging from their external environment to their mental health amongst many others which we aim to explore in this study. Determining the level of influence each factor has individual as well as relative to one another on a student’s academic performance is important for future awareness as well as planning and analysis of a life style that can be deemed healthy and equipped with all the heeded elements for the most optimal utilization of a student s time and resources for them to excel within their chosen course of academic study. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional prevalent study was conducted via a questionnaire at Rehman medical college, Khyber medical college Peshawar, Pak international medical college, Khyber girl’s medical college. Among the 2nd 3rd 4th 5th year medical students from March to October 2021. The questionnaire is used to interview 200 hundred students. RESULTS: The results showed that with a percentage of 72.2% of excellent scoring students, and 93.2% of good scoring students opting for self study as the preferred study method. The most popular source of study (long books) amongst all 3 categories of students, being the most popular amongst excellent scoring students (76.3%), followed by good scoring students (69.9%).Family pressure is the most frequent motivation amongst average scoring students (91.7%) and good scoring students (52.6%), while attaining a good academic position in class is the most popular reason for good marks amongst Excellent scoring students (49.1%), all 3 categories of students attended 60-80% of assessment. CONCLUSIONS: Several factors seem to affect the academic performance of undergraduate medical students such as self-study positively affects the performance. Also attending college is associated with good performance. In addition, choosing to study from long books positively affect performance. Also performing well in assessments will positively affect performance. On the other hand, some factors like family pressure negatively affect performance. KEYWORDS: academic performance, study method, sleep hours, assessments attendedReferences
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