Mandatory attendance policy initially raised attendance but was abolished due to dissatisfaction, administrative burden and declining performance¶
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q2 i? The single reported strategy, a mandatory attendance policy, initially increased attendance but was later abolished due to student and staff dissatisfaction, high administrative burden and declining USMLE step 1 performance. → 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
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Review's account of Lamb et al, the only included study proposing a strategy. The policy was abolished following "increasing student and staff dissatisfaction, high administrative resources to regulate it" and declining performance.
"However, there was a subsequent abolishment of this policy due to increasing student and staff dissatisfaction, high administrative resources to regulate it and an observed decline in academic performance as measured by scores and pass rates on the USMLE step 1."
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- Time and Continuity — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Working conditions, especially accountability pressures and administrative support, shape teachers' decisions to leave or stay — related
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- Systematic review finds no consistent longitudinal change in medical student attendance at in-person teaching sessions — reports the opposite
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