Kristina F Terrani, Sai Krishna Bhogadi, Hamidreza Hosseinpour, Audrey L Spencer, Qaidar Alizai, Christina Colosimo, Adam Nelson, Lourdes Castanon, Louis J Magnotti, Bellal Joseph
What Is Going on in Our Schools? Review of Injuries Among School Children Across the United States
The Journal of surgical research
remediation underperforming students recognised important tool medical education however universally agreed approach study aimed evaluate effectiveness remediation program final year medical students failed first long case assessment lca1 compare academic performance peers passed first long case assessment study consisted two phases phase 1 analysed demographics academic performance data 9 class remediation group phase 2 focused collecting similar data remaining 91 students nonremediation group statistical analyses including wilcoxon rank sum test pearson correlation coefficients used compare groups phase 1 showed 88 students participated remediation successfully passed second long case assessment lca2 however 25 cohort ultimately failed academic year due poor results assessments phase 2 results revealed nonremediation group students scored significantly higher lca2 5971 vs 5207 p 0001 compared remediation counterparts despite 19 failing assessment nonremediation group students consistently outperformed remediation group counterparts formative summative assessments overall 625 entire class failed academic year study demonstrates need focus overall academic performance identify struggling students rather one high stakes exam students remediation programme ultimately passed lca2