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How medical students learn
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With recent concerns over and attempts to address issues regarding medical students' processes of learning and development of lifelong learning habits, a question often asked is: How do medical students learn in the present medical curriculum? In this study, the authors directly attempt to answer that question--they assess the learning behaviors of 254 students in two medical schools, one with an objectives-based mastery and one with a traditional curricula, and discuss whether the students' adopted behaviors are conducive to the development of effective, analytic, and independent learning. Most students of both medical schools reported very similar effective and ineffective learning behaviors. The students' behaviors were found to dispose them more to analytic learning than to independent learning. Suggestions to restructure the curriculum for better development of students' independent learning habits are proposed.
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“A survey of 254 medical students in two different medical schools revealed that 62.5% of students crammed for exams, only 17% would prepare a list of probable questions and answers before exams, and only 47.8% of students maintained a daily schedule of study hours. 2”
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“A survey of 254 medical students in two different medical schools revealed that 62.5% of students crammed for exams, only 17% would prepare a list of probable questions and answers before exams, and only 47.8% of students maintained a daily schedule of study hours. 2”
From Effect of repeated/spaced formative assessments on medical school final exam performance (2017) · cites this paper as [2]
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“A survey of 254 medical students in two different medical schools revealed that 62.5% of students crammed for exams, only 17% would prepare a list of probable questions and answers before exams, and only 47.8% of students maintained a daily schedule of study hours. 2”
From Effect of repeated/spaced formative assessments on medical school final exam performance (2017) · cites this paper as [2]
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- Authors
- Vu, N. V., & Galofre, A.
- ORCID
- Vu, N V
- Venue
- Academic Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1983-08
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 601-10
- ISSN
- 1040-2446 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1977376962
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2019: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Academic Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
- Keywords
- medical students, learning behavior, self-directed learning, lifelong learning, medical curriculum, traditional curriculum, curriculum redesign
- MeSH terms
- Behavior, Curriculum, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Educational Measurement, Learning, Psychological Tests, Science, Students, Medical
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