Medical students’ academic motivation: an analysis from the perspective of the Theory of Self-Determination

Filho, Anizio de Almeida Cadête; Peixoto, José Maria; Moura, Eliane Perlatto

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“…Motivation is a dynamic, complex structure that manifests [ 7 ] in both personal and professional life [ 8 ], determining our behavior to meet our needs or the desire to achieve a certain goal [ 9 ]. According to the theory of self-determination developed by Deci and Ryan, people are motivated to develop through innate abilities that are influenced by personality traits but also by personal well-being [ 10 ].…”

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The Relationship between Personality, Motivation and Academic Performance at Medical Students from Romania

Muntean

Nireştean

Andreea

et al. 2022

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The academic and health system requirements are constantly growing due to the continuous development of this sector. Therefore, it is important to investigate the structural factors that improve performance in the medical system. The aim of our pilot study is to analyze if there are associations or correlations between personality and motivation and the results obtained for the National Residency Exam of Romanian medical graduates. We conducted a prospective pilot study on 179 medical students from George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania between February 2021 and December 2021, who were evaluated by the DECAS, IM, and SPM scale. Our results showed that all the dimensions of personality according to the Big Five Model, which include openness (OR = 0.392, p = 0.01), extraversion (OR = 0.512, p = 0.03), conscientiousness (OR = 3.671, p = 0.004), agreeableness (OR = 2.791, p = 0.07), and emotional stability (OR = 4.863, p = 0.0003), are statistically associated with the result obtained. Motivation also plays an important role in academic achievements, through motivational persistence and motivational involvement which correlates with the conscientiousness dimension and the result obtained. This study confirms that both personality structure and motivation are associated or correlated with the academic results of medical students and represent a starting point for future research.

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The Relationship between Personality, Motivation and Academic Performance at Medical Students from Romania

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Andreea

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Phenomenon of Psychological Well-Being in the Context of Medical Students’ Satisfaction with Educational Activities

Kochetova,

Barinova,

Timchenko

2024

IntegrEdu

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Introduction. Preservation and strengthening of mental and psychological health of students is one of the priority tasks of development of modern professional education in Russia. However, the recent studies into psychological well-being of medical students have shown an average and low level of its formation. The discovered problem is complicated by the lack of studies that would show the relationship between the peculiarities of the organization of the university educational environment and the satisfaction with the learning activities of students. This is important for the development and practical realization of optimal conditions for the formation of psychological well-being of medical university students. The aim of the study is to determine the specifics of the state of psychological well-being of medical university students in connection with the level of their satisfaction with learning. Materials and Methods. First, second and fifth-year medical students participated in the servey. The following diagnostic tools were used: “Scale of psychological well-being” (K. Riff) and “Questionnaire of satisfaction with educational activities” (L. V. Mishchenko). The analysis of the results of the study revealed statistically significant correlations between the scales of satisfaction with the educational activities of medical university students and their psychological well-being. Results. The analysis of the results of the study revealed statistically significant correlations between the scales of satisfaction with learning activities of medical students and their psychological well-being. Second-year students demonstrated high indicators of psychological well-being, the lowest ones were found in fifth-year students. The obtained results create prerequisites for comprehension of the process of optimizing the educational environment of medical school, focused on the preservation and promotion of mental health of students. Discussion and Conclusion. The conclusions of this study can be useful for the management corps of the university in order to develop and implement optimal psychological and pedagogical conditions for the organization of the educational environment and increase the level of satisfaction in the student community with all components of the structure of learning activities as one of the main conditions for the development of psychological well-being of young people.

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Learning as a permanent innovation

Almeida

Menezes

2023

Int J Innov Educ Res

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Even though research shows that incorporating metacognition-based pedagogy into the classroom leads to improved student performance, educators' grasp of the concept remains limited. It is argued that educators would benefit from a deeper familiarity with the metacognitive approach if they worked with students to foster a belief that education has the potential to inspire a lifelong curiosity for discovery and improvement. This article therefore provides a synthesis of the analysis of the outcomes of implementing metacognition-based pedagogical approaches (N = 83), published between 2016 and 2021. Researchers looked into teachers' conceptualizations and implementations of pedagogical strategies in order to comprehend the factors that stimulate students' perceptions of innovation. From these studies, we can infer that the learner experiences, perceives, and comprehends the new information as an integral part of himself, rather than as an imposition from without. The findings led to the presentation of five hypotheses about how educators can improve their practice by learning more about students' perceptions, cognitive experiments, and interpsychic and intrapsychic social relations.

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Medical students’ academic motivation: an analysis from the perspective of the Theory of Self-Determination

Cited by 6 publications

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The Relationship between Personality, Motivation and Academic Performance at Medical Students from Romania

The Relationship between Personality, Motivation and Academic Performance at Medical Students from Romania

Phenomenon of Psychological Well-Being in the Context of Medical Students’ Satisfaction with Educational Activities

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