Identifying factors influencing the academic performance in an Indian undergraduate dental student sample

Dr Rucha Kashyap

Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2015

Identifying factors influencing the academic performance in an Indian undergraduate dental student sample

Dr Rucha Kashyap

Abstract :

Identifying factors influencing the academic performance of undergraduate dental students will provide evidence regarding the impact of demographic, socioeconomic and educational patterns on the same. Improved knowledge of this relationship will provide a basis to guide the design of dental education programs, thus playing an important role in the current context of increasing demand for higher standards of education. Our findings provide encouraging evidence for more focus on the emotional and psychological needs of dental students for better academic performance and, thereafter, better clinical performance. Assessment of the impact of today�s societal and economic changes and expansion on dental care systems in characteristics of freshman undergraduate students is important for the context of expansion of higher education.