Department of SurgeryCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Department of Surgery and Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
BMC Med Educ. 2021 Jul 22;21(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02833-2.
The current study aimed to evaluate the previously unexplored correlation between undergraduate medical students' attendance during their surgical clerkship and their academic performance. It also aimed to explore any difference in the attendance rate between male and female students and whether this difference, if present, affects the academic performance.
A retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study has been conducted on 331 undergraduate medical students during their surgical clerkships at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (CMMS) at Arabian Gulf University (AGU), Bahrain from September 2018 to June 2020.
There was a positive statistically significant correlation between students' attendance during surgical clerkship and academic performance (r = 0.360, P < 0.01). Mean attendance rate was greater in each increasing category of academic performance: 47.95% in the weak category (less than 65%, n = 42), 57.62% in the good performance category (65% to less than 75%, n = 108), 67.82% in the very good performance category (75% to less than 85%, n = 126), 83.16% in the excellent performance category (85% and above, n = 55). The mean attendance rate of male students was 59.76% (SD = 25.73), compared to 66.92% (SD = 24.30) in the female students. T-test indicated that the difference between the mean attendance of the two groups of the students (male, female) was statistically significant (t = 2.483, p < 0.05). On the other hand, the difference between the mean academic performance for the two groups of students, male & female, (t = 0.284, p = 0.777) was not statistically significant.
Our study showed a significant relationship between undergraduate medical students' attendance during their surgical clerkship and their academic performance. Further studies are needed to stratify this correlation according to clinical and theoretical teaching activities. No significant difference was observed in academic performance between female and male students.
本研究旨在评估医学生在外科实习期间的出勤率与学业成绩之间以前未被探索过的相关性。它还旨在探讨男女生出勤率的差异，以及这种差异是否存在，并影响学业成绩。
对 2018 年 9 月至 2020 年 6 月在巴林阿拉伯海湾大学（AGU）医学与医学科学学院（CMMS）学习的 331 名医学生进行了回顾性描述性横断面研究。
学生在外科实习期间的出勤率与学业成绩呈正相关（r=0.360，P<0.01）。在每个学业成绩递增类别中，出勤率均值均较高：较差类别（<65%，n=42）为 47.95%；表现良好类别（65%至<75%，n=108）为 57.62%；表现优秀类别（75%至<85%，n=126）为 67.82%；表现非常优秀类别（85%及以上，n=55）为 83.16%。男生的出勤率均值为 59.76%（SD=25.73），女生为 66.92%（SD=24.30）。t 检验表明，两组学生（男、女）的平均出勤率存在统计学差异（t=2.483，p<0.05）。另一方面，两组学生（男、女）的平均学业成绩差异（t=0.284，p=0.777）无统计学意义。
本研究表明，医学生在外科实习期间的出勤率与学业成绩之间存在显著关系。需要进一步的研究来根据临床和理论教学活动对这种相关性进行分层。在学业成绩方面，男女生之间没有明显差异。
