RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN CHEMICAL DISCIPLINES AT A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY AND LEVEL OF BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN CHEMISTRY

Abstract

Paper analyzes the relationship between the academic performance of the Northern State Medical University students on the specialty «General medicine» in the chemical disciplines and basic knowledge of chemistry according to the results of the unified state exam. The study was conducted among students of 2017, 2018, 2019 admission years, total number of observation units was 586. The analysis included the scores of the unified state exam in chemistry, as well as the grades received by students in chemical disciplines at a medical university: «Chemistry» (1st year), «Biochemistry» (2nd year). The distribution of data was checked using the Shapiro-Wilk criterion. Data are presented in the form of extensive indicators (%) and Me (Q25; Q75). Spearman's correlation analysis was carried out to determine the relationship between variables in the rank scale. Statistical analysis was carried out using the licensed STATA program (version 17). The study showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the level of unified state exam in chemistry and results of the exam in the discipline «Chemistry» for 1st-year students in each year of enrollment (middle correlation relationship), as well as between the level of unified state exam in chemistry and results of the exam in the discipline «Biochemistry» for 2nd-year students (middle correlation relationship). Results of the analysis confirmed the relationship between the academic performance of students in the specialty «General medicine» in chemical disciplines at a medical university and basic knowledge of chemistry according to the results of the unified state exam, which allows predicting academic performance at the faculty in the corresponding group of disciplines.