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Why do students skip classroom lectures: A single dental school report.

Waleed A Alamoudi¹, Azza F Alhelo¹, Soulafa A Almazrooa¹

¹Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, King Abdul-Aziz University- Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Dental students

Keywords:

Absence And dental school Attendance Classroom Dental students Lecture

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Dental Education
Student Compliance

Background:

Classroom lectures are fundamental in dental education.
Student absenteeism can negatively impact academic performance.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate dental students' attitudes toward classroom attendance.
Identify reasons for absenteeism at King Abdulaziz University-Faculty of Dentistry (KAU-FD).

Main Methods:

Cross-sectional survey of actively enrolled dental students (January-June 2019).
Collected data on demographics, travel time, GPA, and lecture perspectives.
Utilized chi-square tests for parameter association analysis.

Main Results:

678 students completed the survey; 44.3% skipped two or fewer classes monthly.
Second-year students showed higher absenteeism (31.3%) compared to third-year students (15.4%).
Key reasons for absence: early morning classes (47.9%), exam preparation (42%), and poor lecturer presentation skills (41.9%).

Conclusions:

Dental student attendance compliance remains a challenge.
Student attitudes toward attendance are influenced by multiple factors.
Further research is needed to understand and address attendance behaviors.