Submission ID 78218
| Code | OE-3-1 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Graduate Student |
| Title | Life Goal Framing: A Design Strategy for Supporting Medical Students' Motivation and Engagement in Training Activities |
| Background/Purpose | The life goals that medical students pursue through a career in medicine (e.g., to help others) are amongst the most important and self-defining goals that they possess. Training activities could be designed to emphasize how they can prepare students to attain their life goals via skillful clinical practice. Such a design may enhance the quality of students' motivation and engagement. |
| Methods | Medical students (n = 128) were sent an online module on 'The Physiology of Weight Loss'. Students were randomized to receive a version of the module with an introductory slide prompting them to link the presented concepts with their life goals, or a version without this slide. Autonomous motivation and perceived competence for learning were assessed after the introductory section of the module. The module was programmed to collect data on students' engagement with embedded experiments, questions, and hyperlinks. Students were also sent a notebook to take notes in, which were subsequently analyzed for the presence of different learning strategies. |
| Results | The intervention had an effect on autonomous motivation, moderated by perceived competence. At high levels of perceived competence, the intervention had a positive effect, whereas at low levels it had a negative effect. Intervention group students clicked on more hyperlinks but had lower odds of recording any notes. |
| Discussion | Our results demonstrate that a single slide can have a significant impact on medical students' motivation and engagement, although students' perceived competence for learning should be considered when trying to link activities to students' most self-defining goals. |
| Keyword 1 | Motivation |
| Keyword 2 | Instructional design |
| Keyword 3 | E-learning |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Teaching and learning |
| Teaching and Learning | Distance Learning E-Learning/Technology |
| Authors | Adam Gavarkovs Adam Gavarkovs Jeff Crukley Rashmi Kusurkar Kulamakan Kulasegaram Ryan Brydges |
