evaluation of the factors affecting students’ academic failure in urmia university of medical sciences in 1390

evaluation of the factors affecting students’ academic failure in urmia university of medical sciences in 1390   rahimi b [1] , kazemi n [2] , mohammadpour y [3] , rahmatnejad l [4] , jabbari n [5] *      received: 1 jul , 2013 accepted: 3 sep , 2013      abstract   background & aims : academic failure of the students in higher education is one of the major problems. this study aims to examine the factors affecting academic failure of the college students at urmia medical university.   materials & methods : this descriptive - analytical study in which 165 students from the faculty of paramedical sciences,urmia university of medical sciences were selected by cluster sampling. the field of interest of the students included different disciplines such as radiology, laboratory science, health technology, anesthesiology, and the operating room. demographic characteristics and attitudes of students with academic failure factors were collected by a researcher made questionaiere.   results: the results showed that the academic failure was most frequent among anesthesiology students comparing to other courses. e conomic status, and unsuitable study hours were the major factors of academic failure according to the students’ point of view. paying more attention to educational, and training related factors, in addition preventing academic failure of students can help to improve and develop the country.   conclusion: individual characteristics, economic status, number of hours of study and training are the major causes of educational failure.   key words: academic failure, students perspective, family factors   address: paramedical faculty, urmia university of medical sciences, tel: (+98) 4412752300   email : [email protected]   [1] phd in medical informatics paramedical faculty, urmia university of medical sciences   [2] ms in nursing education   [3] msc nursing, faculty of nursing and midwifery, urmia university of medical sciences   [4] msc midwifery, faculty of nursing and midwifery, urmia university of medical sciences   [5] phd medical physics, faculty of paramedical, urmia university of medical sciences (corresponding author)