A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates

OBJECTIVES: Learning methods and other related factors influence the success of medical undergraduates. This study aims at finding factors associated with the end of pre-clinical stream examination results among medical undergraduates of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. The results of this stud...

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Autores principales: Wijesundara, Madushika, Wijerathna, Chamindi, Wijerathna, Kasun, Wijerathna, Rasangi, Wijethunga, Srimali, Wijewardana, Ashan, Wickramasinghe, Anuprabha, Rathish, Devarajan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30419969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3912-6
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author Wijesundara, Madushika
Wijerathna, Chamindi
Wijerathna, Kasun
Wijerathna, Rasangi
Wijethunga, Srimali
Wijewardana, Ashan
Wickramasinghe, Anuprabha
Rathish, Devarajan
author_facet Wijesundara, Madushika
Wijerathna, Chamindi
Wijerathna, Kasun
Wijerathna, Rasangi
Wijethunga, Srimali
Wijewardana, Ashan
Wickramasinghe, Anuprabha
Rathish, Devarajan
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description OBJECTIVES: Learning methods and other related factors influence the success of medical undergraduates. This study aims at finding factors associated with the end of pre-clinical stream examination results among medical undergraduates of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. The results of this study will inform the tutors to plan and implement teaching methods as well as to guide the social welfare of the undergraduates. In general, we believe this study has the potential to improve the medical undergraduate’s academic performance. RESULTS: Eighty-six per cent (112/130) of medical undergraduates have passed the examination and rest was referred. Logistic regression revealed a significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction for English language proficiency (P = 0.048). Passing the examination was more likely with high self-satisfaction for English language proficiency [odds ratio = 6.063 (95% CI 1.014 to 36.249)]. Also, a significant association between obtaining a class at the examination and using peer-revision notes (P = 0.019) was revealed. Obtaining a class at the examination was less likely with the frequent use of peer-revision notes [odds ratio = 0.228 (95% CI 0.066 to 0.790)]. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-018-3912-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-62333542018-11-20 A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates Wijesundara, Madushika Wijerathna, Chamindi Wijerathna, Kasun Wijerathna, Rasangi Wijethunga, Srimali Wijewardana, Ashan Wickramasinghe, Anuprabha Rathish, Devarajan BMC Res Notes Research Note OBJECTIVES: Learning methods and other related factors influence the success of medical undergraduates. This study aims at finding factors associated with the end of pre-clinical stream examination results among medical undergraduates of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. The results of this study will inform the tutors to plan and implement teaching methods as well as to guide the social welfare of the undergraduates. In general, we believe this study has the potential to improve the medical undergraduate’s academic performance. RESULTS: Eighty-six per cent (112/130) of medical undergraduates have passed the examination and rest was referred. Logistic regression revealed a significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction for English language proficiency (P = 0.048). Passing the examination was more likely with high self-satisfaction for English language proficiency [odds ratio = 6.063 (95% CI 1.014 to 36.249)]. Also, a significant association between obtaining a class at the examination and using peer-revision notes (P = 0.019) was revealed. Obtaining a class at the examination was less likely with the frequent use of peer-revision notes [odds ratio = 0.228 (95% CI 0.066 to 0.790)]. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-018-3912-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2018-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6233354/ /pubmed/30419969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3912-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Wijesundara, Madushika
Wijerathna, Chamindi
Wijerathna, Kasun
Wijerathna, Rasangi
Wijethunga, Srimali
Wijewardana, Ashan
Wickramasinghe, Anuprabha
Rathish, Devarajan
A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates
title A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates
title_full A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates
title_fullStr A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates
title_full_unstemmed A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates
title_short A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with English language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates
title_sort significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction with english language proficiency: preliminary findings among pre-clinical undergraduates
topic Research Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30419969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3912-6
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