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University performance, gender and the rural health workforce: an analysis of nursing students
T J Harden1, P A Towers, M A Burton
1Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Abstract:
The relationship between student gender and performance was examined in first year students enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing course at Charles Sturt University from 1991 to 1995. A greater proportion of female students achieved passing grades in subjects studied when compared to male students, irrespective of the subject discipline area. Furthermore, a significantly greater proportion of female than male students passed nursing subjects; however, no statistically significant differences in performance were detected in the proportion of male or female students in either science or humanities subjects.