University of York, York, UK.
Hull York Medical School, York, UK.
Perspect Med Educ. 2018 Apr;7(2):76-82. doi: 10.1007/s40037-018-0411-3.
Self-efficacy is a theoretically and empirically robust motivation belief that has been shown to play an important role in the learning and development of new skills and knowledge. In this article, we critically review research on the self-efficacy beliefs of medical students, with a goal to evaluate the existing research and to strengthen future work. In particular, we sought to describe the state of research on medical student self-efficacy and to critically examine the conceptualization and measurement of the construct. Finally, we aimed to provide directions for future self-efficacy research.
We critically reviewed 74 published articles that included measures of self-efficacy beliefs of medical students.
Our review showed that (a) research on the self-efficacy beliefs of medical students is growing and is becoming increasingly international, and (b) that nearly half (46%) of self-efficacy measures showed conceptual and operational flaws.
Our critical review of 74 research studies on self-efficacy of medical students found that although research in the field is increasing, nearly half of measures labelled as self-efficacy were incongruent with the conceptual guidelines set by self-efficacy experts. We provide five suggestions for future research on the self-efficacy of medical students.
自我效能感是一种理论和经验上都很强有力的动机信念，它在学习和发展新技能和新知识方面发挥着重要作用。在本文中，我们批判性地回顾了医学生自我效能感的研究，目的是评估现有研究并加强未来的工作。特别是，我们试图描述医学生自我效能感研究的现状，并批判性地检查该构念的概念化和测量。最后，我们旨在为未来的自我效能感研究提供方向。
我们批判性地回顾了 74 篇发表的文章，其中包括医学生自我效能感的测量。
我们的综述表明：(a) 医学生自我效能感研究正在增长，并变得越来越国际化；(b) 近一半(46%)的自我效能感测量在概念和操作上存在缺陷。
我们对 74 项关于医学生自我效能感的研究进行了批判性回顾，发现尽管该领域的研究在增加，但近一半被贴上自我效能感标签的测量方法与自我效能感专家设定的概念准则不一致。我们为医学生自我效能感的未来研究提供了五条建议。
