Ana Rita Cerqueira, Ana Sofia Alves, Matilde Monteiro-Soares, Dabney Hailey, Domingos Loureiro, Sofia Baptista
Visual Thinking Strategies in medical education: a systematic review
BMC medical education
study aimed understand key determinants poor academic performance students completing bachelor pharmacy bpharm bachelor pharmacy management bpharmmgmt master pharmacy mpharm degree data collected pharmacy students met academic progression requirements 2008 2018 university sydney australia included age start pharmacy degree gender whether transferred another university whether domestic international student australian tertiary admissions rank upon entry previous studies biology chemistry mathematics show cause triggers units study failed number show causes students written show cause responses weighted average mark last show cause graduation whether graduated registered pharmacist number years spent studying degree descriptive studies used analyse student characteristics using spss software student selfreported reasons poor performance analysed reflexively using thematic analysis procedures using nvivo study included 164 pharmacy students enrolled bpharm 793 n 130 bpharmmgmt 12 n 2 mpharm 195 n 32 students 54 n 88 men 81 n 133 domestic students 15 n 24 transferred another degree program 38 n 62 graduated course show cause students less likely graduate transferred another degree program p 00002 failed three units study uos p 00001 commonly failed uos related organic pharmaceutical chemistry top student selfreported reasons poor performance stressanxiety physical health depression pharmacy schools aim address student foundational knowledge chemistry identify atrisk students early using presubject testing provide better services address student mental health