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. 2021 Sep 29;12:1121–1122. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S340815

Faculty Perspectives on Student Attendance in Undergraduate Medical Education [Corrigendum]

PMCID: PMC8487790  PMID: 34616198

Campbell AM, Ikonne US, Whelihan KE, Lewis JH. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2019;10:759–768.

Page 761, Faculty perspectives about professionalism, job satisfaction, and active learning section, fourth sentence, the text “Ten disagreed that students who regularly attended large-group sessions had better academic performance” should read “Ten agreed that students who regularly attended large-group sessions had better academic performance”.

Table 3 on page 763, the values in the Students who attend large group sessions regularly have better academic performance and Active-learning sessions are more effective with higher attendance rows are incorrect. The correct Table 3 is as follows.

Table 3.

Faculty Perspectives About Student Attendance, Active Learning, and Job Satisfaction (N=26)

Survey Question No. (%)
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
Student attendance at non-mandatory large group session indicates their level of professionalism 10 (38) 5 (19) 5 (19) 5 (19) 1 (4)
I feel more job satisfaction with higher attendance at large group sessions 2 (8) 2 (8) 3 (12) 12 (46) 7 (27)
I prefer to incorporate active learning in my large group sessions when attendance is mandatory 1 (4) 1 (4) 9 (35) 12 (46) 3 (12)
Students who attend large group sessions regularly have better academic performance 6 (23) 2 (8) 8 (31) 10 (38) 0 (0)
Lecture capture is an effective alternative to large group attendance 3 (12) 3 (12) 8 (31) 7 (27) 5 (19)
Lecture capture should not be used as a substitute for attending large group sessions 6 (23) 6 (23) 8 (31) 2 (8) 4 (15)
Lectures are more effective with higher attendance 5 (19) 4 (15) 6 (23) 8 (31) 3 (12)
Active-learning sessions are more effective with higher attendance 2 (8) 1 (4) 7 (27) 11 (42) 5 (19)
I prefer that all large group sessions have mandatory attendance 11 (42) 4 (15) 8 (31) 1 (4) 2 (8)
I prefer that all large group sessions with an active-learning component have mandatory attendance 5 (19) 3 (12) 5 (19) 8 (31) 5 (19)

The authors apologize for these errors and advise they do not affect the scientific conclusions of the paper.


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