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Attendance is generally positively correlated with medical student academic performance, though findings are mixed

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q2 i? Five of nine studies found a statistically significant positive correlation between attendance and academic performance; one showed mixed results and one no significant correlation. → Nagappan Palaniappan Ganesh 2025

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Nagappan Palaniappan Ganesh 2025

Nagappan Palaniappan Ganesh, Tan Sapphire Rou Xi, Absar Shazia, Brown Samuel, Sayers Sarah, McManus Alex, Arora Anmol, Kuhn Isla, Khan Faris, Lau Edward, Tulinius Charlotte. (2025). Changes in medical student attendance at in-person teaching sessions: a systematic review. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091768

q2 · i? · review · r3

Review's synthesis of the secondary aim across nine studies. The review reports "a statistically significant positive correlation between student academic performance and attendance" in five studies, with mixed and null findings in others.

"Five of these studies found a statistically significant positive correlation between student academic performance and attendance. One study1 showed mixed results, where attendance was positively related to second-year course performance but negatively related to United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) step 1 score."

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