TY - JOUR ID - 166765 TI - The Effect of Class Attendance on Students’ Academic Achievement, Professors’ Motivation, and Student Professionalism: Perspective of Medical Sciences Students JO - Medical Education Bulletin JA - MEB LA - en SN - AU - Beheshti Fard, Shahabaldin AU - Vahedian-Shahroodi, Mohammad AU - Khashi, Zahra AD - Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Associate Professor of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Firoozabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad, Iran. Y1 - 2023 PY - 2023 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 647 EP - 658 KW - academic achievement KW - Class attendance KW - Iran KW - Motivation KW - Professionalism KW - Students DO - 10.22034/meb.2023.385682.1072 N2 - Background: Student absenteeism is an acknowledged problem in many universities. The present study aims to evaluate the opinions of students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) regarding the effect of class attendance on academic achievement, professors’ motivation, and student professionalism.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on medical sciences students of MUMS (nursing and midwifery, pharmacy, and health sciences students, n=101) who participated in a two-day entrepreneurship workshop. The available sampling method was used. Data were collected using a standard questionnaire containing ten items on the effects of student attendance in classrooms on the academic achievement and professionalism of students and faculty members’ motivation. Demographic questions on a five-point Likert scale were used. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16.0.Results: A total of 101 students from three faculties of MUMS (nursing and midwifery (39.6%), health sciences (36.6%), and pharmacy (23.8%)) participated. The lowest agreement was related to components of class attendance as a criterion of student professionalism (3.6+ 0.946), the effect of class attendance on academic achievement (3.53+1.32), and the effect of class attendance on faculty members’ motivation (3.50+ 0.970), respectively. There was a statistically significant relationship between the field of study and the students’ opinions about the components of professionalism criteria and professors’ motivation (p<0.05). The results of the Chi-square test showed a statistically significant relationship between the educational level and the students’ academic achievement component (p<0.05).Conclusion: Students had the lowest agreement with the items of class attendance as a criterion of student professionalism, class attendance on academic achievement, and the effect of class attendance on faculty members’ motivation, respectively. UR - https://www.medicaleducation-bulletin.ir/article_166765.html L1 - https://www.medicaleducation-bulletin.ir/article_166765_3921b9b5a109b05125cf132dd0b5b947.pdf ER -