摘要:Background and purpose: Methods: Results: Conclusion: Key words: Journal of Medical Education Winter and Spring 2007; 11 (1,2): 71-75EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, EDUCATIONAL FAILUREAs the students’ success in medicine is an important goal in terms of all relevant resourcesspent to train physicians, and given the fact that many factors are involved we recommend thatsimilar studies are carried out in other universities of medical sciences to help identify the factorscontributing to students’ success more vigorously.Of all 390 students of Birjand University of Medical Sciences who participated, 9.2% had aGPA