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Pharmacy student absenteeism and academic performance.

Levita Hidayat1, Sandeep Vansal, Esther Kim

  • 1Touro College of Pharmacy, 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd, New York, NY 10027, USA. Levita.Hidayat@touro.edu

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
|March 14, 2012
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Pharmacy students who missed more classes, especially therapeutics courses, had lower academic performance. Believing classes were not beneficial was also linked to poor performance and higher absenteeism.

Keywords:
absenteeismacademic performanceattendanceprofessionalismsurvey

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  • Pharmacy Education
  • Academic Performance
  • Student Absenteeism

Background:

  • Student absenteeism presents challenges in pharmacy education.
  • Understanding factors influencing attendance is crucial for academic success.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between personal characteristics, absenteeism, and academic performance in pharmacy students.
  • To identify specific patterns of absenteeism associated with lower academic achievement.

Main Methods:

  • A survey was administered to first- and second-year pharmacy students.
  • Data collected included employment status, commute time, funding sources, course absences, and reasons for absence.
  • Students were categorized as high or low performers based on GPA.

Main Results:

  • Lower academic performers were more likely to have missed over 8 hours of therapeutics courses.
  • Low performers more frequently missed classes preceding or following examinations.
  • Students with lower performance were more inclined to perceive classes as non-beneficial.

Conclusions:

  • A negative correlation exists between missed class hours and course-specific academic performance.
  • Findings offer insights into the drivers of student absenteeism within pharmacy schools.