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EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE AMONG PHARMACY STUDENTS IN URMIA UNIVERSITY O MEDICAL SCIENCES 2016

Ali Reza Salar, Rahim Baghaei, Sadegh Zare* and Hesam Salar

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Introduction: Educational performance is directly effecting academic achievement and it is not considered it would lead to educational failure and burnout. Also it decreases the scientific level among students. So this study aimed to investigate the educational performance among pharmacy students in Urmia University o Medical Sciences. Material and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 90 pharmacy students in Urmia. Data were collected through a demographic checklist including: age, sex and GPA. The scale for academic achievement was the GPA of students which is a mark from 0 to 20 in Iran. Finally data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, T test and Pearson correlation by SPSS v.19. Results: The mean of age was 21.32 ± 2.94. The mean of total GPA was 15.11 ± 1.08. 42 respondents were female while other were males. The relationship between gender and academic achievement was not significant so was the relationship between age and academic achievement. Conclusion: The results of this study had shown a moderate academic performance among pharmacy students.

Keywords: Educational performance, students, pharmacy, Urmia.