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ISSN: 2228-5468 Education Strategies in Medical Sciences 2014;7(1):33-39
ISSN: 2228-5468 Education Strategies in Medical Sciences 2014;7(1):33-39
Effective Factors on Educational Failure in the Viewpoint of Allied Medical Students
ARTICLE INFO
Article Type
Original ResearchAuthors
Taheri Mirghaed M. (1 )Raadabadi M. (2 )
Hosseini S.H. (1 )
Bahadori M.K. (* )
(* ) Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(1 ) Management Department, Health School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(2 ) Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Address: Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Mollasadra St., Tehran, IranPhone: +982182482417
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bahadori_57@yahoo.com
Article History
Received: June 18, 2013Accepted: November 11, 2013
ePublished: March 17, 2014
ABSTRACT
Aims
One of the most important issues which put educational system into problems is
educational failure. This can help to emergence of unsuitable social behaviors and family
leave. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors affecting educational failure from
the perspective of the students in School of Allied Medical Sciences of Tehran University of
Medical Sciences.
Materials & Methods This cross-sectional study was performed on 1150 students of Allied Medicine School of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, who were studying in 3 educational levels of BSc, MSc and PhD in 2012-13 academic year, and 150 persons were selected, using simple random sampling method. Data collecting tool was a two- part questionnaire including 5 questions of demographic characteristics and 6 subsections of ‘family factors’. Independent sample T test and ANOVA were used for data analysis.
Findings The average score of all factors was obtained 3.67±0.38. There was observed a significant relation between age and the domains of socio- economic factors and factors relating to the educational content. There was a significant relation between the students’ sex and socio-economic, environment, educational content and lecturer related factors. There was a significant relation between the employment status of students and the domain of the factors related to the educational content.
Conclusion The most important effective factor on educational failure of the allied medical sciences students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences is ‘factors relating to the educational content’, from their point of view.
Materials & Methods This cross-sectional study was performed on 1150 students of Allied Medicine School of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, who were studying in 3 educational levels of BSc, MSc and PhD in 2012-13 academic year, and 150 persons were selected, using simple random sampling method. Data collecting tool was a two- part questionnaire including 5 questions of demographic characteristics and 6 subsections of ‘family factors’. Independent sample T test and ANOVA were used for data analysis.
Findings The average score of all factors was obtained 3.67±0.38. There was observed a significant relation between age and the domains of socio- economic factors and factors relating to the educational content. There was a significant relation between the students’ sex and socio-economic, environment, educational content and lecturer related factors. There was a significant relation between the employment status of students and the domain of the factors related to the educational content.
Conclusion The most important effective factor on educational failure of the allied medical sciences students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences is ‘factors relating to the educational content’, from their point of view.
Keywords:
Educational Failure,
Socio-economic Factors,
Educational Content,
Students,
Allied Medical Sciences,
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