STRUCTURAL MODEL OF MEDICAL-STUDENTS ACAD EMIC-PERFORMANCE AFTER THE FIRST 4 SEMESTERS

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.