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CORRELATION OF CLASS ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC GRADES

Nubair Sarwar, Zainab Rasheed, Mahnoor Rafique Butt

Objectives: To assess the importance of class attendance of pre-clinical medical students by comparing it with their results in annual university examination. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at Ayub Medical College, Pakistan during December 2018 to June 2019. Undergraduate Medical students were enrolled in the study and asked to fill out a questionnaire to assess the different reasons why medical students tend to be absent from lectures, their views regarding content and quality of lectures. Stratified random technique was applied for sampling. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 16.0, Chi-square test and Pearson’s r test were applied. Results: Correlation between class attendance and grades was analyzed and found to be significant but weak positive (r=0.284, p=0.000). Conclusion: There are various reasons for absenteeism from lectures including timing of the lectures and preference for self-study. These need to be rectified in order to strengthen the learning process in medical undergraduates.

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