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Mohammed K Khalil1, Shanna E Williams1, H Gregory Hawkins2
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, South Carolina.
Anatomical Sciences Education
|September 24, 2017
Summary
Medical students
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Anatomical Sciences
- Medical Licensing Examinations
Background:
- Preclinical medical education content is assessed via national exams like USMLE Step 1.
- Student study and learning strategies correlate with academic success on internal and external examinations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) scores and medical student performance.
- To identify specific LASSI subscales linked to success in anatomical sciences and USMLE Step 1.
Main Methods:
- Administered the LASSI survey to 180 second-year medical students.
- Utilized Pearson Product-Moment correlation to analyze LASSI scores against anatomical sciences and USMLE Step 1 performance.
Main Results:
- Significant associations were found between five LASSI subscales and student performance.
- Key subscales include Anxiety, Information processing, Motivation, Selecting main idea, and Test strategies.
Conclusions:
- Identifying students with deficits in specific learning strategies allows for targeted interventions.
- Improving these strategies can enhance academic achievement in anatomical sciences and on the USMLE Step 1.
Keywords:
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