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Table 1 Summary of course attrition during the five academic year divisions, for 73 students who failed to complete the course

From: When did they leave, and why? A retrospective case study of attrition on the Nottingham undergraduate medical course

Year/stage of course exit

Fee Status *

Voluntary exit/wrong choice of course

Academic failure

Preference for clinical study elsewhere

Reasons for withdrawal not recorded

Total

Health or personal problems documented

Health or personal problems documented

   
  

Yes

No

Yes

No

   

Year 1

        

Semester 1

11 HEU,

2

7

-

-

-

2

11

2 O/S

Semester 2

15 HEU,

6

3

3

4

-

-

16

1 O/S

Semester 2 after repeat Year 1

3 HEU,

-

1

3

-

-

1

5

2 O/S

Year 2

        

Semester 3

7 HEU

4

2

-

1

-

-

7

Semester 4

5 HEU,

1

2

2

2

-

-

7

2 O/S

Year 3

        

Honours course

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

Clinical Practice 1 (CP 1)

14 HEU,

6

4

-

-

5

1

16

2 O/S

Year 4

        

Clinical Practice 2 (CP2)

4 HEU,

4

1

1

-

-

-

6

2 O/S

Year 5

        

Clinical Practice 3 (CP3)

5 HEU

4

1

-

-

-

-

5

  1. * HEU = Home/EU fee status, O/S = Overseas fee status.
  2. † 1 student had already repeated year 1.
  3. ‡ 1 student transferred to BSc course.