Table 2 Academic difficulty - Frequency of occurrence
From: Risk factors associated with academic difficulty in an Australian regionally located medical school
Status | Variables | No of students | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
All forms of academic difficulties – students who passed/failed supplementary exams, failed and repeated year, failed and exited program | Yes | 178 | 16.22 |
Multiple Difficulties – students who experienced academic difficulty more than once | Yes | 56 | 5.10 |
Failed and exited – students who failed and exited the MBBS program | Yes | 33 | 3.01 |
Year of initial academic difficulty | Year 1 | 111 | 10.12 |
Year 2 | 31 | 2.83 | |
Year 3 | 15 | 1.37 | |
Year 4 | 14 | 1.28 | |
Year 5 | 5 | 0.46 | |
Year 6 | 2 | 0.18 |