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Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations
OBJECTIVES: To investigate medical students’ career choice motivation and its relationship with their academic interest and performance. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample (n=207) of medical students at a private medical school in Korea, stratified by year of medical course. D...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26878567 http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.56a7.5124 |
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author | Kim, Kyong-Jee Hwang, Jee Y. Kwon, Bum S. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To investigate medical students’ career choice motivation and its relationship with their academic interest and performance. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample (n=207) of medical students at a private medical school in Korea, stratified by year of medical course. Data about participant demographics, career choice motivation and academic interest were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The item on career choice motivation enquired about the respondents’ main reason for applying for medical school among 8 possible response options, which comprised two components of career choice motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. The participants’ levels of academic interest were measured in a Likert-type question. Participants’ academic interest and Grade Point Averages (GPAs) were compared across the groups of different career motivations along with analyses of their admission scores for baseline comparisons. RESULTS: A total of 195 students completed the questionnaire (94%response rate). Seventy-four percent, (n=145; the intrinsic group) of the participants chose reasons related to intrinsic motivation, 22% (n=42; the extrinsic group) chose reasons pertaining to extrinsic motivation, and 4% (n = 8) chose other reasons for applying to medical school. The intrinsic group outperformed the extrinsic group in their GPAs, although their prior academic achievements did not differ significantly. The intrinsic group showed significantly higher levels of academic interest and also performed better in the admission interviews. CONCLUSIONS: Our study illustrates differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations. Further research is warranted to establish the predictive power of medical students’ career choice motivation and academic interest on their academic performance. |
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spelling | pubmed-47642482016-03-08 Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations Kim, Kyong-Jee Hwang, Jee Y. Kwon, Bum S. Int J Med Educ Original Research OBJECTIVES: To investigate medical students’ career choice motivation and its relationship with their academic interest and performance. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample (n=207) of medical students at a private medical school in Korea, stratified by year of medical course. Data about participant demographics, career choice motivation and academic interest were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The item on career choice motivation enquired about the respondents’ main reason for applying for medical school among 8 possible response options, which comprised two components of career choice motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. The participants’ levels of academic interest were measured in a Likert-type question. Participants’ academic interest and Grade Point Averages (GPAs) were compared across the groups of different career motivations along with analyses of their admission scores for baseline comparisons. RESULTS: A total of 195 students completed the questionnaire (94%response rate). Seventy-four percent, (n=145; the intrinsic group) of the participants chose reasons related to intrinsic motivation, 22% (n=42; the extrinsic group) chose reasons pertaining to extrinsic motivation, and 4% (n = 8) chose other reasons for applying to medical school. The intrinsic group outperformed the extrinsic group in their GPAs, although their prior academic achievements did not differ significantly. The intrinsic group showed significantly higher levels of academic interest and also performed better in the admission interviews. CONCLUSIONS: Our study illustrates differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations. Further research is warranted to establish the predictive power of medical students’ career choice motivation and academic interest on their academic performance. IJME 2016-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4764248/ /pubmed/26878567 http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.56a7.5124 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Kyong-Jee Kim et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use of work provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Research Kim, Kyong-Jee Hwang, Jee Y. Kwon, Bum S. Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations |
title | Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations |
title_full | Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations |
title_fullStr | Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations |
title_full_unstemmed | Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations |
title_short | Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations |
title_sort | differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26878567 http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.56a7.5124 |
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