Failure Factors of Medical Students in Private and Public Sector Medical Colleges of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoonkwa: Failure Factors of Medical Students

Marina Khan; Palwasha Sajjad; Aalia Zeb; Usama Aurangzeb; Sajid Hussain; Tayyiba Shah

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v5i06.1487

Authors

Marina Khan Department of Medical Education, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Palwasha Sajjad Department of Dental Surgery, Dentology Dental Care Facility, Peshawar, Pakistan
Aalia Zeb Department of Medical Education, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Usama Aurangzeb Department of Medical Education, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Sajid Hussain Department of Dental Materials, Frontier Medical and Dental College, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Tayyiba Shah Department of Dental Surgery, Dentology Dental Care Facility, Peshawar, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v5i06.1487

Keywords:

Educational Failure, Peer Support, Teaching Attitude, Institutional Pressure

Abstract

In the medical world, stress and anxiety are very communal to manage educational affairs. Motivation is a failure among medical students is a very crucial point of discussion. Objective: To find factors that led to failure of medical students in public and private sector medical colleges. Methods: Qualitative approach was adopted for this cross-sectional study. Fourteen in depth interviews were carried out. Purposive sampling was implemented for this study that included medical students who failed in any one year of their medical journey, of public and private sector medical colleges in Peshawar. Results: Out of total interviewed participants, 64% of the respondents were female while 36% of the respondents were males. Amongst the total respondents, 71% were from private medical colleges whereas, 29% were from public medical colleges. 79% of respondents wanted to continue with same profession whereas 21% of respondents did not wanted to continue with their medical profession. Three main factors were observed that lead towards failure of medical students in public and private medical colleges. These factors include lack of peer support, instructor’s teaching attitude and pressure from institute and family. Conclusions: This study identified lack of peer support, instructors' teaching attitude, and pressure from the institute and family as primary factors leading to the failure of medical students in public and private colleges in Peshawar. Despite these challenges, 79% of students remain motivated to continue their medical careers

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