Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study

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Autor(a) principal: Del-Ben,Cristina Marta
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Shuhama,Rosana, Costa,Manuel João, Troncon,Luiz Ernesto de Almeida
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: São Paulo medical journal (Online)
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Resumo: ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: One of the factors known to influence performance in the learning process is student motivation. In turn, students’ motivation can be regulated by a large number of variables relating to the individual (such as sex, age and socioeconomic status) or to aspects of the academic life. OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of curriculum changes involving reduction in content overload and increased early exposure to clinical settings, on motivation towards learning among Year 1 medical students. Secondarily, the aim was to ascertain whether this influence on motivation remained stable until the undergraduate program ended (Year 6). DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective study on two student cohorts at a Brazilian state-owned university. METHODS: Two consecutive student cohorts were assessed: one with a traditional curriculum (n = 87) and the other with a reformed curriculum (n = 63), at the same medical school. Participants in both cohorts gave responses on four scales in Years 1 and 6: the Academic Motivation Scale, containing subscales for autonomous and controlled motivation, and lack of motivation towards learning; Beck’s Anxiety and Depression Inventories; Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; and the Social Adjustment Scale. In Year 6, 68% of the initial sample (66 students with the traditional curriculum and 36 with the reformed curriculum) was reassessed. RESULTS: No differences between Year 1 cohorts were found regarding demographic and social background, social adjustment, depression or anxiety. Students with the reformed curriculum scored significantly higher regarding autonomous and controlled motivation than those with the traditional curriculum. Comparison between Year 6 and Year 1 showed increases in controlled motivation only for the traditional curriculum cohort. CONCLUSION: Curriculum changes were associated with increased motivation towards learning in Year 1, which persisted until Year 6.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
title Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
spellingShingle Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
Del-Ben,Cristina Marta
Motivation
Learning
Curriculum
Students, medical
Education, medical
title_short Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
title_full Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
title_fullStr Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
title_sort Effect of changes to the formal curriculum on medical students’ motivation towards learning: a prospective cohort study
author Del-Ben,Cristina Marta
author_facet Del-Ben,Cristina Marta
Shuhama,Rosana
Costa,Manuel João
Troncon,Luiz Ernesto de Almeida
author_role author
author2 Shuhama,Rosana
Costa,Manuel João
Troncon,Luiz Ernesto de Almeida
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Del-Ben,Cristina Marta
Shuhama,Rosana
Costa,Manuel João
Troncon,Luiz Ernesto de Almeida
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Motivation
Learning
Curriculum
Students, medical
Education, medical
topic Motivation
Learning
Curriculum
Students, medical
Education, medical
description ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: One of the factors known to influence performance in the learning process is student motivation. In turn, students’ motivation can be regulated by a large number of variables relating to the individual (such as sex, age and socioeconomic status) or to aspects of the academic life. OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of curriculum changes involving reduction in content overload and increased early exposure to clinical settings, on motivation towards learning among Year 1 medical students. Secondarily, the aim was to ascertain whether this influence on motivation remained stable until the undergraduate program ended (Year 6). DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective study on two student cohorts at a Brazilian state-owned university. METHODS: Two consecutive student cohorts were assessed: one with a traditional curriculum (n = 87) and the other with a reformed curriculum (n = 63), at the same medical school. Participants in both cohorts gave responses on four scales in Years 1 and 6: the Academic Motivation Scale, containing subscales for autonomous and controlled motivation, and lack of motivation towards learning; Beck’s Anxiety and Depression Inventories; Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; and the Social Adjustment Scale. In Year 6, 68% of the initial sample (66 students with the traditional curriculum and 36 with the reformed curriculum) was reassessed. RESULTS: No differences between Year 1 cohorts were found regarding demographic and social background, social adjustment, depression or anxiety. Students with the reformed curriculum scored significantly higher regarding autonomous and controlled motivation than those with the traditional curriculum. Comparison between Year 6 and Year 1 showed increases in controlled motivation only for the traditional curriculum cohort. CONCLUSION: Curriculum changes were associated with increased motivation towards learning in Year 1, which persisted until Year 6.
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