Open Access<p>Does Absenteeism Affect Academic Performance Among Undergraduate Medical Students? Evidence From “Rashid Latif Medical College (RLMC).”</p>
Author(s) -
Yahya Khan,
Sohail Khursheed Lodhi,
Shahzad Bhatti,
Waqas Ali
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s226255
Subject(s) - absenteeism , attendance , proxy (statistics) , affect (linguistics) , unobservable , psychology , medical education , panel data , medicine , social psychology , econometrics , political science , statistics , mathematics , communication , law
Despite the strictness in attendance policies, absenteeism is an important current issue among medical and health sciences that affects the performance of undergraduate students worldwide. Attending lectures is the key to reaping the rewards of academic achievements in undergraduate medical students. As attendance pattern and performance go hand in hand- the physical engagement of students in the classroom and practical teaching approach have a synergistic impact on the output of lower-performing students to do their best.