Admission Factors and Academic Achievements Associated with the Risk of Grade Retention and National Exam Failure in the School of Dentistry

Song, Seungwon; Jung, Ji-Yeon; Lim, Hoi-Jeong

doi:2023.61.12.758

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 61(12); 2023 > Article

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2023;61(12):758-767.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2023.61.12.001 Published online November 30, 2023.

치의학전문대학원 입학전형요소 및 학업성취도에 따른 유급과 치과의사 국가시험 불합격의 위험요인 분석

송승원¹

, 정지연²

, 임회정³

^¹전남대학교 치의학전문대학원
^²전남대학교 치의학전문대학원 치의학 연구소 구강생리학
^³전남대학교 데이터사이언스대학원, 공공데이터분석센터

Admission Factors and Academic Achievements Associated with the Risk of Grade Retention and National Exam Failure in the School of Dentistry

Seungwon Song¹

, Ji-Yeon Jung²

, Hoi-Jeong Lim³

¹School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University
²Department of Oral Physiology, Dental Science Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University
³Graduate School of Data Science, Public Data Analytics Center, Chonnam National University

Correspondence: Hoi-Jeong Lim, Tel: +82-62-530-5790, Fax: +82-62-530-5779,
Email: hjlim@jnu.ac.kr

Received: 22 June 2023 • Revised: 18 July 2023 • Accepted: 5 September 2023

Abstract

Objectives
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk factors associated with grade retention and national exam failure in the school of dentistry.
Methods
The subjects of this study were students who enrolled at the school of dentistry from 2013-2017. Univariable and multivariable analyses were examined through logistic regression analysis. The potential contributing factors of grade retention and national exam failure include: graduated high school, graduated college, major, admission score, admission type, decision type, gender, age at the time of admission, and dental school Grade Point Average(GPA).
Results
Higher dental school score correlated with lower risk of grade retention or failing national exam, but undergradu-ate GPA was not related to the risk of national exam failure. Older students and specific admission types had higher risk of repeating school year.
Conclusion
It's important to provide focused guidance for high-risk students, especially those with average of dental school score below 80, to prevent grade retention or national exam failure. Developing a student achievement monitoring system can help prevent grade retention or national exam failure.

Key Words: Grade retention; National exam failure; Dental school GPA