Dropout risks of medical students

Abstract Background The moderation of student dropout is an important aim in the medical training that requires significant resources from individual and national economy points of view. Hungarian medical training has high quality and strong international attraction, although students are exposed to significant stress in the extremely selective and strict training at the beginning, and their professional identity is being shaped between crises. Learning progress is often hampered by recurring exams and grade retentions. Methods In our Study we are going to examine the dropout behaviour of medical students. During our research, the national higher education statistics are being analysed based on the data base of medical students who started in 2010 (N = 977). The question of research is how the rate of dropout people who has finished or exceeded the 6-year long training is forming and what kind of factors limit the risk of dropout. Results Our results indicate that only half of the applicants get admitted to medical training. Half of the admitted applicants could continue without failing, but 30% of them could not obtain absulotorium after 14 semesters. Dropout students are characterized by the early slow-up of their credit accumulations and by making their status passive, which is the shorter-longer termination of their studies. 83.6% of students started in 2010 has been studying in state financed course, and 8% of them has been studying in a self-financed course. 9.4% of state-financed students were dropped out while this rate was 50% from the self-financed course of students. Conclusion According to our consequences, dropout risk can be increased by low credit numbers, passive semesters and the tuition-based financing forms, although dormitory placement can be an advantage.