Analisi delle cause del ritardo studentesco nel CLM in Medicina

Although the number of inactive students is rather high in Italian University (35%), the figures are distinctively lower for medical students (14% of inactive students and 3-5% of renouncing). A recent survey among medical students at La Sapienza University of Rome has singled out the following as the main causes of graduation delay: difficulties in studying (43%); delayed matriculation (due to controversies in the application competition) (16%); psychological upset (13%); family (6%) or health (3%) problems; and economical difficulties (3%). The causes of graduation delay have been debated by the National Conference of the Undergraduate Curricula Presidents in a Forum held in Novara. Four types of causes and solutions have been discussed: i) teaching causes and active tutoring; ii) psychological upset and counselling; iii) social, cultural and economic hardships and counter window interventions; and iv) disproportion between didactic load and learning capabilities, and educational interventions. In conclusion, the need for monitoring student upset and for reducing disciplinary Learning objects (subject to quick obsolescence) in favour of methodological ones (that favour a lifelong learning) has been assessed.