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Table 3 Flags for academic and non-academic difficulty in those who completed the course

From: Development of a 'toolkit' to identify medical students at risk of failure to thrive on the course: an exploratory retrospective case study

 

Number (%) of students in each group acquiring each type of flag

 

Struggler (preclinical & clinical)

N = 25

Preclinical problems only

N = 18

Borderline performance

N = 19

Clinical problems only

N = 8

Problems largely health- related

N = 17

All students

N = 87

Year 1

      

Failed >= 3 assessments

13 (52)

10 (55)

7 (37)

0

5 (29)

35

Poor attendance noted

10 (40)

2 (11)

3 (16)

1 (13)

4 (24)

20

Poor behaviour noted

8 (32)

4 (22)

1 (5)

0

2 (12)

15

Health problems noted

3 (12)

1 (6)

1 (5)

0

3 (18)

8

Social problems noted

3 (12)

5 (28)

1 (5)

1 (13)

1 (6)

11

Year 2

      

Failed >= 3 assessments

21 (84)

15 (83)

5 (26)

1 (13)

4 (24)

46

Poor attendance noted

13 (52)

4 (22)

4 (21)

0

3 (18)

24

Poor behaviour noted

6 (24)

0

2 (11)

0

1 (6)

9

Health problems noted

2 (8)

2 (11)

0

0

5 (29)

9

Social problems noted

6 (24)

6 (33)

0

0

0

12

Hepatitis B vaccinations incomplete

4 (16)

0

2 (11)

0

1 (6)

7

Part I mark <50%

9 (36)

7 (39)

6 (31)

0

3 (18)

25