Student characteristics as predictors of drop‐out from medical school: admissions to Beer‐Sheva over a decade

R. LAZIN; L. NEUMANN

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1991.tb00087.x

Student characteristics as predictors of drop‐out from medical school: admissions to Beer‐Sheva over a decade

R. LAZIN, L. NEUMANN

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Community Health Sciences

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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. 1991 Blackwell Publishing

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	396-404
Number of pages	9
Journal	Medical Education
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1991.tb00087.x
State	Published - 1 Jan 1991

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*education, medical, undergraduate
*student drop‐outs
Israel
educational status
military personnel

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