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Table 4 Total flags in Year 1 and Year 2 by student outcome category

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

  

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

Total predictive flags in Year 1 only: Failed >= 3, attitude, attendance, health & social

0 flags

7

5

11

6

8

37

 

1 flag

8

8

6

2

4

28

 

2 flags

3

1

1

0

4

9

 

3 flags

5

4

0

0

1

10

 

4 flags

2

0

0

0

0

2

 

5 flags

0

0

1

0

0

1

Number (%) in each group who had two or more flags

 

10 (40)

5 (28)

2 (11)

0

5 (29)

 

Total predictive flags in Year 2 only: Failed >= 3, attitude, attendance, health, social & missed vaccinations

0 flags

1

2

11

7

8

29

 

1 flag

9

6

5

1

5

26

 

2 flags

5

9

1

0

3

18

 

3 flags

7

1

2

0

1

11

 

4 flags

3

0

0

0

0

3

Number (%) in each group who had two or more flags

 

15 (60)

10 (56)

3 (16))

0

4 (24)

 

Total predictive flags in Year 1 + Year 2: Failed >= 3, attitude, attendance, health, social, missed vaccinations, & Part 1 <50%

0 flags

0

0

7

5

7

19

 

1 flag

3

1

2

3

2

11

 

2 flags

2

4

5

0

1

11

 

3 flags

6

9

3

0

3

21

 

4 flags

7

1

0

0

3

12

 

5 flags

1

1

2

0

0

4

 

6 flags

2

2

0

0

0

4

 

7 flags

4

0

0

0

1

5

Number (%) in each group who had four or more flags

 

14(56)

4 (22)

2 (11)

0

4 (24)

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