PMID- 28955664
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1016-1430 (Print)
IS  - 2251-6840 (Electronic)
IS  - 1016-1430 (Linking)
VI  - 31
DP  - 2017
TI  - Academic performance in Iranian medical students during the pre-clinical stage.
PG  - 14
LID - 10.18869/mjiri.31.14 [doi]
AB  - Background: Better understanding of factors associated with medical school 
      performance is necessary to improve admission processes and to help students 
      succeed in their career. This study follows a group of Iranian med students 
      during their first 2.5 years of medical education, to evaluate their academic 
      success in accordance with their demographic, cognitive and non-cognitive 
      characteristics. Methods: 143 of 200 matriculants of Iran University of Medical 
      Sciences medical school in 2010, were followed for 5 consecutive semesters of the 
      preclinical stage. Demographic and cognitive characteristics were collected using 
      self-administered data collection forms. The NEO Five-Factor (personality) 
      Inventory (NEO-FFI) was used to assess participants' non-cognitive 
      characteristics. The 5 semesters' cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) was the 
      measure of academic performance. Pooled t-test, one-way ANOVA, multiple linear 
      regression and logistic regression model, and Spearman coefficients of 
      correlation were applied in data analysis Results: There was a significant 
      difference in participants' GPA regarding their gender (p=0.008), using privilege 
      in National University Entrance Examination (NUEE)(p<0.0001), the number of times 
      one has taken part in NUEE (p=0.034) and being occupied in paid jobs (p=0.01). 
      There were no significant differences in participants' GPA regarding NEO-FFI 
      domains. Conclusions: Females and students with a better academic performance 
      prior to their admission in medical school had better academic records. We found 
      no association between academic performance and personality because participants 
      were followed through a preclinical stage where non-cognitive characteristics 
      plays a less important role in their performance and evaluations.
FAU - Davoudi, Farnoush
AU  - Davoudi F
AD  - Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Department of Community 
      Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Esmaeeli, Shooka
AU  - Esmaeeli S
AD  - Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Department of Community 
      Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - AhmadzadAsl, Masoud
AU  - AhmadzadAsl M
AD  - Mental Health Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Iran University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Nojomi, Marzieh
AU  - Nojomi M
AD  - Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Department of Community 
      Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170224
PL  - Iran
TA  - Med J Islam Repub Iran
JT  - Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
JID - 8910777
PMC - PMC5609327
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Iran
OT  - Medical education
OT  - Medicine
OT  - Students
OT  - Undergraduate
EDAT- 2017/09/29 06:00
MHDA- 2017/09/29 06:01
PMCR- 2017/02/24
CRDT- 2017/09/29 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/09/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/09/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/09/29 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/02/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.18869/mjiri.31.14 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2017 Feb 24;31:14. doi: 10.18869/mjiri.31.14. eCollection 
      2017.