title: The achievement and attitudes of medical students toward the profession.
abstract: In this article, the author studied the achievement and attitudes of medical students. The sampling studied were divided into two groups according to selection methods: JHEE and RADP. The results showed that there was significant difference at the level of 0.01 between the two groups regarding achievements. The analysis revealed that the first group achieved more than the second group. The second group used more time for study especially first and second years than required by the curriculum. It is, however, attitudes toward the profession of the first group was more positive than the second group (p less than 0.05).
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eoaskoon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pongruengphant
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D012424:Rural Population; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013785:Thailand