Tekian A
Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine 60612-7309, USA.
Acad Med. 1998 Mar;73(3):336-8. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199803000-00024.
To examine the attrition rates of underrepresented minority (URM) students and non-URM students at the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Medicine (UIC-COM).
The study used 11 categories of information about URM and non-URM students at UIC-COM for the five academic years 1993-1997 to determine how many students withdrew and why.
Of 895 graduates during these five years, 166 (18.5%) were URM students. The attrition rates were 6.5% for all graduates, 16.2% for URM students, and 4.0% for non-URM students. Students who withdrew because of academic difficulties comprised 75% of URM withdrawals and 57% of non-URM withdrawals.
Many URM students need special academic attention after matriculation. Existing academic support programs should be assessed regularly to ascertain whether they may be improved to minimize attrition.
研究伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校医学院（UIC-COM）中未被充分代表的少数族裔（URM）学生和非URM学生的流失率。
该研究使用了1993年至1997年五个学年里UIC-COM的URM和非URM学生的11类信息，以确定有多少学生退学以及退学原因。
在这五年的895名毕业生中，166名（18.5%）是URM学生。所有毕业生的流失率为6.5%，URM学生为16.2%，非URM学生为4.0%。因学业困难而退学的学生占URM退学学生的75%，非URM退学学生的57%。
许多URM学生入学后需要特殊的学业关注。应定期评估现有的学业支持项目，以确定是否可以改进这些项目以尽量减少流失率。
