Background factors associated with academic motivation for attending medical school immediately after admission in Japan: A single-center study.
academic motivation
amotivation
medical school
professionalism
self‐determinant motivation
Journal
Journal of general and family medicine
ISSN: 2189-7948
Titre abrégé: J Gen Fam Med
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 101689875
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2022
May 2022
Historique:
received:
29
11
2021
revised:
02
02
2022
accepted:
05
02
2022
entrez:
5
5
2022
pubmed:
6
5
2022
medline:
6
5
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
To become a doctor with a high level of professionalism and ethical standards, it is important to have and maintain a high level of motivation right from medical school. However, studies in Japan have not quantitatively investigated the factors related to motivation immediately after enrollment. This study aimed to identify the demographic factors that influence the motivation of medical students immediately after admission. A cross-sectional single-center study was conducted. First-year medical students answered our questionnaire three weeks after the admission. The questionnaire comprised 16 demographic items and the 28-item Academic Motivation Scale, which was used to quantify motivation. Our analysis showed that amotivation, representing low levels of self-determinant motivation, was significantly higher in students whose parents were medical professionals and in students who did not talk about their problems than in those whose parents were not medical professionals and those who did talk about their problems. Intrinsic motivation, which indicates the level of self-determinant motivation, was significantly lower in students who belonged to a sports club. We suggest that having parents who are medical professionals may be associated with an individual's decreased motivation when entering medical school in Japan. Though this is a novel finding, further research is needed to analyze this relationship.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
To become a doctor with a high level of professionalism and ethical standards, it is important to have and maintain a high level of motivation right from medical school. However, studies in Japan have not quantitatively investigated the factors related to motivation immediately after enrollment. This study aimed to identify the demographic factors that influence the motivation of medical students immediately after admission.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
A cross-sectional single-center study was conducted. First-year medical students answered our questionnaire three weeks after the admission. The questionnaire comprised 16 demographic items and the 28-item Academic Motivation Scale, which was used to quantify motivation.
Results
UNASSIGNED
Our analysis showed that amotivation, representing low levels of self-determinant motivation, was significantly higher in students whose parents were medical professionals and in students who did not talk about their problems than in those whose parents were not medical professionals and those who did talk about their problems. Intrinsic motivation, which indicates the level of self-determinant motivation, was significantly lower in students who belonged to a sports club.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
We suggest that having parents who are medical professionals may be associated with an individual's decreased motivation when entering medical school in Japan. Though this is a novel finding, further research is needed to analyze this relationship.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35509336
doi: 10.1002/jgf2.528
pii: JGF2528
pmc: PMC9062539
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
164-171Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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