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The Impact of Part-time Jobs on Academic Performance of Medical Students at Alzaiem Alazhari University December 2021-June 2022

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Introduction: A part-time job is a form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job. Nowadays there has been increased involvement of university students in part-time jobs to support them self financially and gaining new communications and time management skills. this may be associated with missing classes, expands the chance of leaving the educational institution and in the best-case scenario it may divert students from learning. This style of working and studying had it is impacts on academic’s performance, social life and building one’s personality. Objective: To assess the impact of part time job on academic performance of medical students at Alzaiem Alazhari university December 2021- June 2022. Method: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study curried on Alzaiem Alazhari university medical student. Sample size found to be 354. selected through equal percent from each department. Data collected using online questionnaire and the analysed using SPSS version 25. Result: the total number of participants were 354. majority was female. 23.6 perform some kind of part time job. 34% were working for 1-2 hours per day. For most of them 31.7% work was optional to gain some extra cash. the participants agree that, part time jobs had helped them gaining new skills in time management and communication. It had positive or neutral effects on academic performance as expressed by 33.9% of the participants. Conclusion: There is significant evidence that suggests an impact of part time job on academic performance, the majority are positive such as communication skills, multitasking skills and forming social connections. with less has negative impact on academic performance. Financial problems and gaining extra cash were the main reasons behind part time jobs working. Also, workshops are highly recommended to show students how to balance between job and college.

Published in Science Journal of Education (Volume 12, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.sjedu.20241202.11
Page(s) 17-24
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Keywords

Part Time Job, Student, Academic Performance

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  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Alzaiem Alazhari, Khartoum, Sudan

  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Alzaiem Alazhari, Khartoum, Sudan

  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Alzaiem Alazhari, Khartoum, Sudan

  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Alzaiem Alazhari, Khartoum, Sudan

  • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan

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