[The influence of attending theory classes and other factors on the academic performance of undergraduate surgery students]. / Influencia de la asistencia a las clases teóricas y otros factores en el rendimiento académico de alumnos pregraduados en Cirugía.

The authors have studied the influence of the academic history, class attendance, and use of commission notes on the student's academic performance, evaluated by the final marks, on a population of 335 sixth year students taking a surgical pathology course at the School of Medicine. The results show that previous marks correlate with the final surgery mark, that class attendance does not determine significant differences in the student's performance, and that the use of commission notes is widely spread conditioning a mediocre undergraduate [correction of pregraduate] theoretical education [correction of formation].