Factors affecting the probability of first year medical student dropout in the UK: A logistic analysis for the intake cohorts of 1980-92

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 492-503

  Arulampalam, Wiji ^a   Naylor, Robin ^a   Smith, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Education, medical, continuing *standards; Great Britain; Logistic regression; Odds ratio; Sex; Social class; Student dropouts *psychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CALCULATION; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICS; POLICY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 2442485926     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2929.2004.01815.x     Document Type: Article

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