Influencing factors of self-regulated learning of medical-related students in a traditional Chinese medical university: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background In recent years, self-regulated learning (SRL) has become a hot topic in medical education. However, the factors that affect the SRL ability of medical-related majors, such as clinical medicine, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and nursing specialty in TCM colleges and universities are unclear. Whether the teaching of learning strategies can help improve students’ SRL also needs to be further examined. Method A cross-sectional survey was distributed, and 878 medical-related students which are from a TCM university were recruited for this study. An independent t‑test and analysis of variance were used to analyse the factors associated with SRL. The relationship between self‑regulated learning and learning strategies was analysed with multi-linear regression analysis. Results The average scores of SRL on learning motivation, learning setting and self-regulation. Total scores were 34.76 ± 4.62, 41.14 ± 4.30, 39.26 ± 4.74 and 115.16 ± 12.42, respectively. The mean scores were all above the midpoint. The metacognitive, affective, cognitive, resource management and the total scores of learning strategies were 58.54 ± 12.02, 43.24 ± 8.42, 35.49 ± 7.34, 22.89 ± 4.20, 160.16 ± 29.45. Some factors can predict 32% of the variation of SRL, including whether they liked their specialty, educational system, and specialty, achievement ranking scholarship, whether they were taught by a tutor in middle school, gender, monthly family income, father’s educational background, metacognitive strategy, resource management strategy and cognitive strategy. Conclusions The SRL of medical-related students was better. Learning strategies and methods as well as personal or social factors can affect SRL. Educators should improve attention on the cultivation of learning strategies, exercising learning skills and monitoring, adjustment and guidance of learning time. Educators should also strengthen the professional identity and confidence of medical-related students and strive to improve their SRL ability.

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