Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

Study of Absenteeism among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Cross–sectional Study

Dr Priya Dhengre, Dr Ashok Jadhao

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Background: The Professional course like undergraduate Medical education needs good theory and clinical class attendance, the reason being these students will be a future Doctors and deal with health and diseases. Students are likely to skip some lectures those that are not of their interest. If Medical student is unable to attend by any means, it is loss not only for him or her but also for the whole society in long term. So the present cross–sectional study was conducted to evaluate the attendance of medical students in the theory and practical and to identify different factors responsible for low attendance. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted from March 2019 to April 2019 among all the four batches of M.B.B.S. students currently present at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur. A pre–designed, pre–tested online questionnaire through Google form was given to the students after explaining about various contents. Statistical Analysis: Chi–square test was used to find out the association between absenteeism and different socio–demographic factors. Results: Out of the total 600 students of all the four M.B.B.S. batches, 300 students participated in the study. Preference to self/group study was the main factor for absenteeism. Among the college factors lengthy classes and inaudibility while teaching are the main contributing reasons. Lack of clarity among the teacher and uninteresting way of teaching were found to be common factors related to teaching staff for absenteeism. Conclusion: Teachers need to adopt creative teaching techniques to improve the attendance of the students for theory and practical.

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STUDY OF ABSENTEEISM AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY, Dr Priya Dhengre, Dr Ashok Jadhao INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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