Muhammad Naeem, Aslam Iqbal Mazhar, Ansar Latif, Anila Ansar, Muhammad Hanif, Saad Ansar.
Factors Affecting Performance of Medical Students – a Cross Sectional Study.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(1):22-4.

Aim: To define and highlight different factors that contributes to the academic performances of the medical students and leading them to failure and success throughout their course in the medical colleges. Study Design: Questionnaire Based Study. Place and Time of Study: Department of Surgery and Medical Education, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot from 1st June 2017 to 15th June, 2018. Methods: All subjects of the study belonged to public and private sector medical colleges of Sialkot. Subjects were divided into two groups. Group 1 included those students who have experienced failures once or more in any subject in their past examinations. Group 2 included the students who never had any failure in their medical career so far. Questionnaire devised was handed over to the subjects with the advice to fill it completely within 3 months. Incomplete questionnaires were completed by interviewing the subjects. Unclear questionnaires were excluded. Some queries were also made clear through phone calls. Results: Students participating in the study were 350. Out of which students who failed in any subject once or more were 57 and students who didn’t have any failures were 293, total medical teachers were 60, faculty from preclinical subjects was having 36 members, questionnaires were distributed in 410 subjects, returned questionnaires were 343 and incomplete questionnaires were 28. Complete questionnaires 315 and interviews done were 30. In summarizing the Failure group indicated students factors as 21(36.84%), teachers factors 17(29.82%) and institutional environment to be 19 (33.33%) as factors leading to students performance. On the Group – Success, indicated student’s factors as 94(32.08%), teachers factors 149 (50.85%) and institutional environment to be 50 (17.06%) as factors leading to students performance. Conclusion: Medical education being a difficult aim has varied factors which lead to failure of students. Most of the factors may be leveled on capabilities and interest of the students themselves. The environment of the institute and teaching faculty has only complementary role which cannot drastically affect the results.

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