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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-b285df30d90b41f5b7eb8f37491570da2025-08-20T02:06:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822024-12-0183110.1080/22423982.2024.2404274Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphereKylie J. Mansfield0Anita Iversen1Maja-Lisa Løchen2Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, AustraliaCentre for Faculty Development, The Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayDepartment of Clinical Medicine, The Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayDoctors 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.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2404274Learning goal orientationmedical studentscuriosityrural practiceself-directed learning |
| spellingShingle | Kylie J. Mansfield Anita Iversen Maja-Lisa Løchen Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere International Journal of Circumpolar Health Learning goal orientation medical students curiosity rural practice self-directed learning |
| title | Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
| title_full | Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
| title_fullStr | Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
| title_short | Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
| title_sort | regional rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the northern and southern hemisphere |
| topic | Learning goal orientation medical students curiosity rural practice self-directed learning |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2024.2404274 |
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