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Table 7 Relative progression of graduate entry students from levels 3 to 6 broken down by background discipline

From: Relative progress and academic performance of graduate vs undergraduate entrants to an Australian medical school

 

Biological science / Science (N = 253)

Health / Allied Health (N = 95)

Humanities / Commerce / Business / Law (N = 35)

Physical Sciences (N = 27)

P value

Withdrawal from the course

12 (4.7%)

4 (4.2%)

3 (8.6%)

1 (3.7%)

0.812

Academic withdrawal

5 (2.0%)

1 (1.1%)

1 (2.9%)

0 (0%)

0.889

Non-academic withdrawal

7 (2.8%)

3 (3.2%)

2 (5.7%)

1 (3.7%)

0.951

At least one supplementary

30 (11.9%)

6 (6.3%)

9 (25.7%)

5 (18.5%)

0.024

At least one repeat year

5 (2.0%)

3 (3.2%)

4 (11.4%)

1 (3.7%)

0.109

At least one leave of absence

25 (9.9%)

8 (8%)

7 (20.0%)

3 (11.1%)

0.205

  1. P values are from logistic regression models with the predictor variable ‘background discipline’ and Biological science / Science as the reference category, in a model adjusting for mode of entry (quarantined / non-quarantined) and gender as fixed factors