Student's attitude and predictor of performance in anatomy.

A survey of the attitude and performance of 158 students, made up of 101 males and 57 females that undertook second year anatomy examination in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria was conducted. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the performance of the male and female students (P > 0.05); that age, performance at the Joint Matriculation Examination (JME), grade point average (GPA) in first year in the University, and performance in practical anatomy dissection had significant positive correlation with performance at second year examination in anatomy (PA2) (P < 0.05). However, Chi-squared test showed that hours spent on private students, JME score, have no significant association with PA2 (P > 0.05), but GPA has significant association with PA2 (P > 0.05). This suggests that GPA in the first year in the University is a predictor of performance in year two anatomy.