Korean J Med Educ.
2015 Jun;27(2):99-105. 10.3946/kjme.2015.27.2.99.
Two-and-a-half year follow-up study of strategy factors in successful learning to predict academic achievements in medical education
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Korea.
- 2Family Medicine Clinic and Research Institute of Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Korea. saylee@pnu.edu
- 3Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Korea.
- 4Medical Education Unit, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
- 5Department of Anatomy, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
- 6Department of Physiology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
- KMID: 2363912
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2015.27.2.99
Abstract
- PURPOSE
We performed a two-and-a-half year follow-up study of strategy factors in successful learning to predict academic achievements in medical education.
METHODS
Strategy factors in successful learning were identified using a content analysis of open-ended responses from 30 medical students who were ranked in the top 10 of their class. Core words were selected among their responses in each category and the frequency of the words were counted. Then, a factors survey was conducted among year 2 students, before the second semester. Finally, we performed an analysis to assess the association between the factors score and academic achievement for the same students 2.5 years later.
RESULTS
The core words were "planning and execution," "daily reviews" in the study schedule category; "focusing in class" and "taking notes" among class-related category; and "lecture notes," "previous exams or papers," and "textbooks" in the primary self-learning resources category. There were associations between the factors scores for study planning and execution, focusing in class, and taking notes and academic achievement, representing the second year second semester credit score, third year written exam scores and fourth year written and skill exam scores. Study planning was only one independent variable to predict fourth year summative written exam scores.
CONCLUSION
In a two-and-a-half year follow-up study, associations were founded between academic achievement and the factors scores for study planning and execution, focusing in class, and taking notes. Study planning as only one independent variable is useful for predicting fourth year summative written exam score.
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