Khalid Javed Rabbani, Nighat Nadeem, Rizwan Rabbani.
Reasons Which Drive Undergraduate Medical Students to attend Classes Regularly.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(2):194.

Background: In spite of implementation of numerous innovations in medical education globally, the teaching methodologies employed in medical colleges and other institutes of higher education in Pakistan mostly remains large classroom teaching. The outcome of these classroom activities is perhaps gauged by regularity in class - attendance which probably is the key expression of perception of students about the value and usefulness of the contents delivered to them. The objective of the study was to explore the reasons which drive medical students to attend classes regularly and find any probable gap in the current relevant knowledge to undertake further research which may help to improve the teaching learning process in the undergraduate medical institutions. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted from November 2015 to December 2016 using Grounded theory in constru ctivist paradigm. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data by focus group discussion using audio recording from 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year MBBS students en rolled at Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore. The raw data was transliterated, translated and transcribed with analysis carried out through manual and computer aided methods using Qualitative Research Software NVIVO 11 pro version. Results: The storyline generated the theory which proposed a conceptual model which identified three contextual factors mainly extrinsic: learner, institutional and societal which drive students to attend classes regularly. Conclusion: Key findings of this study revealed that medical students demonstrated a pragmatic attitude towards regular class attendance the main influence factors being extrinsic as learner, institutional and societal with few intrinsic reasons. Failure is attributed to institutional environment by students rather than being personally responsible and major societal factor is parental role in local context.

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