Mitra Sayeli, Sarkar Paramita, Bhattacharyya Suchetana, Basu Rivu
Department of Community Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Senior Resident, Under CMOH Coochbehar, West Bengal Health Service, West Bengal, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2022 Dec 28;11:414. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_638_21. eCollection 2022.
Student absenteeism is a major concern for undergraduate medical education training in India. Regular class attendance helps students have a proper understanding of the topic of discussion. This study explores the pattern of absenteeism among medical students and whether absenteeism is associated with their academic performances.
A record-based, cross-sectional study was done by reviewing departmental attendance registers, item cards and marks obtained in exam by 190 students in the community medicine department who had passed their 3 professional part 1 examination in 2018. The data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16. A descriptive analysis summarizes the pattern of absenteeism and their marks obtained in the semester and professional exam of community medicine. The primary outcome indicator was the 3 professional exam marks. The correlation between class absenteeism and other predictors and exam result was analyzed. Regression analysis was done to predict dependence of outcome variable on class attendance and formative examination marks.
Overall, female students had better class attendance than male students. There was a positive correlation of lecture class attendance ( = 0.369) and marks obtained in the 6 semester exam ( = 0.717) with the final exam result. Further regression analysis showed final marks had a higher dependence on the 6 semester examination score (B = 0.669) when compared to lecture class attendance (B = 0.051).
Although lecture class attendance is an important predictor of final result, this study showed that the 6 semester marks were a better predictor. This may be due to multiple factors (alternate source of learning, student's motivation, etc.) which require further exploration.
在印度，医学生旷课是本科医学教育培训中的一个主要问题。按时上课有助于学生正确理解讨论的主题。本研究探讨了医学生的旷课模式，以及旷课是否与他们的学业成绩相关。
通过查阅部门考勤记录、项目卡以及2018年通过专业考试第一部分的社区医学系190名学生的考试成绩，进行了一项基于记录的横断面研究。使用SPSS 16版输入并分析数据。描述性分析总结了旷课模式以及他们在社区医学学期考试和专业考试中获得的成绩。主要结果指标是专业考试成绩。分析了课堂缺勤与其他预测因素和考试结果之间的相关性。进行回归分析以预测结果变量对课堂出勤和形成性考试成绩的依赖性。
总体而言，女生的课堂出勤率高于男生。讲座课出勤率（=0.369）和第六学期考试成绩（=0.717）与期末考试成绩呈正相关。进一步的回归分析表明，与讲座课出勤率（B = 0.051）相比，期末考试成绩对第六学期考试成绩的依赖性更高（B = 0.669）。
虽然讲座课出勤率是最终成绩的一个重要预测因素，但本研究表明，第六学期的成绩是一个更好的预测因素。这可能是由于多种因素（学习的替代来源、学生的动机等），需要进一步探讨。
