title: The effective factors on the academic progress of the students of Tehran University of Medical Science.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine factors influencing the academic performance of students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
  
  
  METHODS
  The retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted between 2008 and 2009 at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Data was obtained from the education office of the university and SPSS version 15 was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 670 students in the study, 230 (34.3%) were boys and 440 (65.6%) were girls.The highest mean score of courses belonged to the Psychiatry Institute (18.68) and the lowest was in the School of Medicine (15.20). Twenty nine per cent of students had failed course and 8.4% had failed semester.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The variables gender, level of education, and school are the most important factors affecting the educational progress of students. Overall, students' failure ratios varied significantly between schools and educational levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roudbari
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Azadeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Soudeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roudbari
authors.affiliation: Department of Librarianship and Medical Information, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sedghi
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical