Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere
Doctors who work in areas of workforce shortage, such as regional, rural and remote areas or areas of low socioeconomic means need to be more self-motivated, adaptable and self-directed than their metropolitan counterparts. This study aimed to examine the goal orientation and learning characteristic...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b285df30d90b41f5b7eb8f37491570da 2024-09-30T14:31:27+00:00 Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere Kylie J. Mansfield Anita Iversen Maja-Lisa Løchen 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2024.2404274 https://doaj.org/article/b285df30d90b41f5b7eb8f37491570da EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2404274 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2024.2404274 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/b285df30d90b41f5b7eb8f37491570da International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 83, Iss 1 (2024) Learning goal orientation medical students curiosity rural practice self-directed learning Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2024.2404274 2024-09-17T16:00:48Z Doctors who work in areas of workforce shortage, such as regional, rural and remote areas or areas of low socioeconomic means need to be more self-motivated, adaptable and self-directed than their metropolitan counterparts. This study aimed to examine the goal orientation and learning characteristics of students recruited into two medical programmes, one from the Northern hemisphere and one from the Southern hemisphere; both with a commitment to producing doctors to practice medicine in rural locations. Three survey tools were administered to 263 medical students: 1. achievement goal orientation survey; 2. learning characteristics survey and 3. the study process questionnaire. Medical students from both cohorts showed a learning goal orientation, which significantly increased with age (P0.007). In terms of learning characteristics, the students from the south had significantly higher scores for curiosity (P0.003), while the northern students had significantly higher scores for methodical (p < 0.001). Both cohorts were similar for adaptability and consciousness. Across the entire student cohort, three of the four learning disposition characteristics were also seen to correlate with learning goal orientation. In both cohorts of medical students deep learning scores exceeded surface learning scores. Selection of students with a learning goal orientation and learning characteristics of curiosity, adaptability and conscientiousness could potentially help students to flourish in rural placement environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 83 1 |
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Doctors who work in areas of workforce shortage, such as regional, rural and remote areas or areas of low socioeconomic means need to be more self-motivated, adaptable and self-directed than their metropolitan counterparts. This study aimed to examine the goal orientation and learning characteristics of students recruited into two medical programmes, one from the Northern hemisphere and one from the Southern hemisphere; both with a commitment to producing doctors to practice medicine in rural locations. Three survey tools were administered to 263 medical students: 1. achievement goal orientation survey; 2. learning characteristics survey and 3. the study process questionnaire. Medical students from both cohorts showed a learning goal orientation, which significantly increased with age (P0.007). In terms of learning characteristics, the students from the south had significantly higher scores for curiosity (P0.003), while the northern students had significantly higher scores for methodical (p < 0.001). Both cohorts were similar for adaptability and consciousness. Across the entire student cohort, three of the four learning disposition characteristics were also seen to correlate with learning goal orientation. In both cohorts of medical students deep learning scores exceeded surface learning scores. Selection of students with a learning goal orientation and learning characteristics of curiosity, adaptability and conscientiousness could potentially help students to flourish in rural placement environments. |
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Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
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Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
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Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
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regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the northern and southern hemisphere |
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