Toquet Claire, Normand Adeline, Guihard Gilles
Département de pathologie, centre hospitalo - universitaire de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France; UMR Inserm 1064, centre de recherche en transplantation et immunologie, université de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France.
Département de pathologie, centre hospitalo - universitaire de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France.
Ann Pathol. 2018 Dec;38(6):370-380. doi: 10.1016/j.annpat.2018.02.004. Epub 2018 May 26.
The motivations of medical students for Pathologic Anatomy are little known although they can strongly influence their academic performance. Our work focused on the analysis of the relationship between performance and motivation for Pathologic Anatomy.
Second-year students (n=268) from the University of Nantes were contacted to complete a motivation questionnaire and to provide indicators of performance and attendance. The responses were analyzed in order to establish the psychometric reliability and the factorial structure of the questionnaire. The relationship between motivation and performance was explored by correlation and by linear regression studies. A cluster analysis was performed to specify the distribution of the two variables in our sample.
The sample corresponded to 168 respondents with a F/M ratio similar to that of our population. Our data demonstrated the reliability of the questionnaire and a structure described by 5 motivation factors (self-determination, self-efficacy, career, grade and intrinsic motivation). The academic performance was not significantly correlated with the overall motivation or with student attendance. However, it was predicted by self-determination and self-efficacy. Our work revealed gender differences as well as the existence of two distinct clusters defined by the motivation and performance of the students.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: This work constitutes the first study of the motivations of French medical students for cyto-pathology. It validates a quantitative assessment tool for motivation. Finally, it explores the heterogeneity of the distribution of motivation and academic performance within a population of learners.
尽管医学生对病理解剖学的学习动机可能会对其学业成绩产生重大影响，但目前人们对此了解甚少。我们的研究重点是分析病理解剖学成绩与学习动机之间的关系。
我们联系了南特大学的二年级学生（n = 268），让他们完成一份动机问卷，并提供成绩和出勤指标。对这些回答进行分析，以确定问卷的心理测量可靠性和因子结构。通过相关性分析和线性回归研究来探讨动机与成绩之间的关系。进行聚类分析以明确这两个变量在我们样本中的分布情况。
样本中有168名受访者，其男女比例与总体人群相似。我们的数据证明了问卷的可靠性以及由5个动机因素（自主决定、自我效能感、职业、成绩和内在动机）所描述的结构。学业成绩与总体动机或学生出勤情况没有显著相关性。然而，它可以由自主决定和自我效能感来预测。我们的研究揭示了性别差异以及由学生的动机和成绩所定义的两个不同聚类的存在。
讨论/结论：这项研究是对法国医学生细胞病理学学习动机的首次研究。它验证了一种用于动机的定量评估工具。最后，它探讨了学习者群体中动机和学业成绩分布的异质性。
