Ryan S. Anderton|Tess Evans|Paola Chivers
Predicting Academic Success of Health Science Students for First Year Anatomy and Physiology
The University of Notre Dame Australia|The University of Notre Dame Australia|The University of Notre Dame Australia
students commencing tertiary education enter number traditional alternative academic pathways result tertiary institutions encounter broad range students varying demographic previous education characteristics academic achievement recent years relatively constant increase tertiary applications australia translated increase student retention graduate numbers health sciences discipline typically falls within paradigm prompting various approaches promote academic success overall student retention study demographic previous education health science students australian university analysed along first year science grades core first year anatomy physiology unit generalized linear model glm demonstrated statistically significant relationships performance unit measured grade point average year 12 australian tertiary admissions rank atar subjects human biology chemistry p 0001 gender p 0001 significant performance correlation observed household socioeconomic status measured socioeconomic indexes areas taken together results study facilitate estimation academic success parameters prior commencement university