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Revista Medica De Chile
|August 24, 2016
Summary
Medical students
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Self-Directed Learning
Background:
- Motivation is crucial for medical student training.
- Understanding motivation's link to self-regulated learning informs curriculum design and teaching methods.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore motivational factors influencing self-directed learning in Chilean medical students.
- Focus on understanding student perspectives from a traditional university setting.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative, descriptive study using grounded theory.
- Semi-structured interviews and field notes from 20 fourth and fifth-year medical students.
- Data analyzed using open coding via Atlas-ti 7.5.2.
Main Results:
- Student motivation is driven by information seeking, continuous learning, physician-patient relationships, and subject interest.
- Teacher's ability to foster independent study skills is a key factor.
Conclusions:
- Personal motivation enhances independent study skills, particularly information seeking.
- Teachers play a vital role in promoting these skills and shaping students' learning perceptions.
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