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Student characteristics as predictors of drop‐out from medical school: admissions to Beer‐Sheva over a decade
Author(s) -
LAZIN R.,
NEUMANN L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1991.tb00087.x
Subject(s) - drop out , medical school , medical education , drop (telecommunication) , psychology , medicine , mathematics education , family medicine , demography , demographic economics , sociology , computer science , economics , telecommunications
Summary. The study sought to identify variables from the demographic, socio‐economic, academic and personal background of medical students in order to reveal possible predictors of drop‐out from medical school. The research included 443 students who were admitted to Ben Gurion University (BGU) Medical School during its first 10 years, 1974–1983. It was found that the permanent drop‐out rate in BGU Medical School (12.6%) is relatively high and mainly due to academic failures. Of all admitted students 11.3% do not graduate on time due to academic reasons. The findings are discussed and suggestions for changes in admissions policy are provided.