Rizwan Faisal, Laiyla Shinwari, Shahzadi Saima Hussain.
Academic performance of male in comparison with female undergraduate medical students in Pharmacology examinations.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;67(2):204-8.

Objective: To compare the academic performance of male and female medical students in Pharmacology examinations. Methods: The comparative study was conducted at Rehman Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan, from March to August 2015. For evaluating the students' academic performance, male and female students of academic sessions 2013-14 and 2014-15 were divided into 4 groups. Group 1: < 50% marks; Group 2: 50-69% marks; Group 3: 70-79% marks; and Group 4: >80% marks. SPSS 20 was used for data analysis. Results: Of the 200 medical students enrolled, 102(51%) were male and 98(41%) were female. There was no significant difference in the academic performance in terms of gender in multiple choice questions (p=0.811) and short essay questions (p=0.515). The effect of attendance was also insignificant (p=0.130). Significant difference was found between the academic records of urban male and female students compared to rural students (p=0.038). Boarder students' results were insignificantly different from those of day scholars (p=0.887). Conclusion: There was no significant difference between the academic performance of male and female students.

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