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Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students

PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess the degree of acceptance of problem-based learning (PBL) among phase one medical students and its association with academic self-concept (ASC) and internal locus of control (ILOC). METHODS: A 5-point Likert scale valid and reliable questionnaire assessing the atti...

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Autores principales: Abdalla, Mona Mohamed Ibrahim, Abdelal, Mahmoud Said, Soon, Siew Choo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Medical Education 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30852857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2019.114
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Abdelal, Mahmoud Said
Soon, Siew Choo
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description PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess the degree of acceptance of problem-based learning (PBL) among phase one medical students and its association with academic self-concept (ASC) and internal locus of control (ILOC). METHODS: A 5-point Likert scale valid and reliable questionnaire assessing the attitude towards PBL, ASC, and ILOC was given to phase one medical students at MAHSA University. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS ver. 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, USA). RESULTS: Out of 255 participants, there were 84 males and 171 females, 175 Malaysians and 80 non-Malaysians. The results showed an overall acceptance of PBL with a mean of 3.7±0.07, ASC of 3.5±0.05 and ILOC of 2.9±0.05. Females showed a higher significant acceptance of PBL, ASC, and ILOC as compared with males. There was no difference between Malaysians and non-Malaysians in any of the variables measured. Simple regression analysis revealed a significant predictive effect of acceptance of PBL on ASC and ILOC (r=0.44 and r=0.88, respectively). CONCLUSION: The higher the acceptance of PBL among students, the higher is the ASC and ILOC. This reflects the importance of PBL as a teaching method as well as the importance of increasing the level of appreciation of PBL amongst students.
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spelling pubmed-65896272019-06-27 Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students Abdalla, Mona Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelal, Mahmoud Said Soon, Siew Choo Korean J Med Educ Original Research PURPOSE: This study aimed to assess the degree of acceptance of problem-based learning (PBL) among phase one medical students and its association with academic self-concept (ASC) and internal locus of control (ILOC). METHODS: A 5-point Likert scale valid and reliable questionnaire assessing the attitude towards PBL, ASC, and ILOC was given to phase one medical students at MAHSA University. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS ver. 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, USA). RESULTS: Out of 255 participants, there were 84 males and 171 females, 175 Malaysians and 80 non-Malaysians. The results showed an overall acceptance of PBL with a mean of 3.7±0.07, ASC of 3.5±0.05 and ILOC of 2.9±0.05. Females showed a higher significant acceptance of PBL, ASC, and ILOC as compared with males. There was no difference between Malaysians and non-Malaysians in any of the variables measured. Simple regression analysis revealed a significant predictive effect of acceptance of PBL on ASC and ILOC (r=0.44 and r=0.88, respectively). CONCLUSION: The higher the acceptance of PBL among students, the higher is the ASC and ILOC. This reflects the importance of PBL as a teaching method as well as the importance of increasing the level of appreciation of PBL amongst students. Korean Society of Medical Education 2019-03 2019-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6589627/ /pubmed/30852857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2019.114 Text en © The Korean Society of Medical Education. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abdelal, Mahmoud Said
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Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students
title Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students
title_full Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students
title_fullStr Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students
title_full_unstemmed Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students
title_short Attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students
title_sort attitude towards problem-based learning and its relationship with locus of control and academic self-concept among medical students
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30852857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2019.114
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