Factors influencing the academic performance of the female medical students in preclinical and clinical years

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See, stats, and : https : // www. researchgate. net / publication / 281810270 Factors the clinical Article READS 11 1 : Anitha Northern , Arar , Saudi 9 SEE All - text , letting . Available : Anitha Retrieved : 15 Abstract The present study was undertaken to investigate the factors influencing the academic performance of the female medical students in the preclinical (2 nd and 3 rd year) and clinical years (4 th and 5 th years) . A cross - sectional study was carried out involving 100 female medical students (preclinical and clinical) in Northern Border University . A comprehensive questionnaire was used to evaluate the factors influencing their academic performance . A comparison was done between the factors influencing the academic performance of the preclinical and the clinical students . The strongest positive factors which influenced the academic performance of all the female medical students were the facility available for study , family support , and awareness about the medical course . Anxiety and stress and lack of sleep were the strong negative factors in both . There was significant difference between preclinical and clinical students regarding the time for self - study (p<0 . 05) and lack of sleep (p<0 . 05) . Although the strongest positive factors and negative factors were similar in both preclinical and clinical students , there was variation in factors like English skills , personal time , family time and time for self - study . There was an increase in the English language skills , competition in studies and time for self - study in the clinical students when compared to the preclinical students , though the difference was not statistically significant .