relation of personal and academic characteristics of medical students cohort entered the medical faculty of Kermanshah university in 2000 and their performance in the 28[th] comprehensive exam of basic medical sciences

ABSTRACT

Considering the importance of comprehensive basic sciences exams in determining the academic level of medical students, this study was done to find the correlation between personal and academic characteristics of medical students entered the medical faculty of Kermanshah University in 1379 and the results of the 28[th] comprehensive basic medical sciences exam. 38 medical students participated in this study. An information form which includes personal and academic characteristics of medical students and their scores in the comprehensive basic medical sciences exams was used to collect data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics [percent and average figures] and inferential statistics [variance analysis tests, t-test, Mann-Whitney and KrusKal-Wallis tests]. 68.4% of the 38 medical students were male, 92.1% entered the university using target access schemes, 15.8% graduated from the high schools for gifted and talented students, 63.2% has no failed units, 67.4% were living in dormitories. The average score on their diploma was 18.49 +/- 1.20 and the average of their total score in basic medical sciences stage was 14.89 +/- 1010. The correlation of the comprehensive basic medical sciences exams with the average score in 5[th] term or the average of total score in basic sciences stage was the most [0.8 and 0.79]. there were no significant correlation between the scores in the comprehensive basic medical sciences exams and students' gender, place of living, target access schemes and graduation from schools for gifted and talented students. This study showed that the average scores in different terms of basic medical science and the average of total scores in basic medical science stage are correlated with the scores in basic medical science stage