J. Kozeny et C. Hoschl, STRUCTURAL MODEL OF MEDICAL-STUDENTS ACAD EMIC-PERFORMANCE AFTER THE FIRST 4 SEMESTERS, Ceskoslovenska psychologie, 40(3), 1996, pp. 177-184
The aim of the study was (a) description of medical students academic
achievement after finishing the first four semesters, (b) exploratory
and confirmatory factor analysis of examination results relationship,
(c) testing the relationship between medical students academic perform
ance and parents educational level using covariance structure modeling
. The sample constituted 92 students (40 males, 52 females) admitted t
o the 3(rd) Faculty of Medicine, UK on the basis of written examinatio
n (biology, physics, chemistry). The results showed that academic achi
evement divide subjects into two groups: static (anatomy, medical chem
istry, biology, biochemistry) and dynamic (physiology; biophysics) and
that the parent educational level accounts 8% and 3% for static and d
ynamic subjects result, respective. The finding might indicate that st
udents coming from families with lower formal educational level are mo
re trained to flexible information processing in comparison to student
s from families with higher formal education where acquisition of know
ledge is preferred.