Perceptions of pre-clerkship medical students and academic advisors about sleep deprivation and its relationship to academic performance: a cross-sectional perspective from Saudi Arabia

AlFakhri, Lama; Sarraj, Jumana; Kherallah, Shouq; Kuhail, Khulood; Obeidat, Akef; Abu‐Zaid, Ahmed

doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1755-y

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“…For simplicity in reporting and analyzing data, disagreement Likert responses (1 + 2) were grouped as “disagree”; agreement responses (4 + 5) were grouped as “agree”; and neutral responses (3) were presented as “neutral”, as done previous studies. 14 , 15 The average 5-point Likert scale responses were presented as means ± standard deviations (SD). All calculations of means ± SDs for all evaluative questionnaire statements were based on the 5-point Likert rating scale.…”

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Perceptions of preclinical medical students towards extracurricular activities

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ObjectivesTo determine the percentage of students involved in extracurricular activities (EAs), explore relationships between participation in EAs and students’ characteristics, and investigate students’ perceptions (i.e., motives and barriers) towards participation in EAs. MethodsAn online, anonymous, random, cross-sectional, self-rating survey was administered during spring 2015-2016 to second-year and third-year students (n=340). Chi-square test was used to explore relationships between participation in EAs and students’ characteristics. Mann-Whitney U-test was used to compare the mean 5-point Likert scale responses according to students’ characteristics. Statistical significance was determined as p<0.05. ResultsTwo hundred thirty-seven students participated in the survey (n=237/340, response rate: 69.7%). Only 143 students (60.3%, n=140/237) participated in EAs, and this percentage significantly differed by gender (χ2(1, N=237)=4.3205, p<0.037), nationality (χ2(1, N=237)=18.7069, p<0.000) and cumulative grade point average (cGPA, χ2(1, N=237)=17.8296, p<0.000). The top three motives towards participation in EAs were: “improve resume” (83.5%, n=198), “improve networking skills” (82.7%, n=196) and “improve teamwork skills” (76.8%, n=182). The top three barriers towards participation in EAs were: “lack of time” (61.2%, n=145), “lack of equal opportunities in EAs” (57.8%, n=137) and “lack of curricular emphasis of EAs” (52.7%, n=125). There was a statistically significant difference of means between male (mean=2.8) and female (mean=3.2) students regarding the following barrier: “affect academic performance negatively” (U=5389.5, p<0.002). ConclusionsThe participation rate in EAs was satisfactory, and positively related to students’ characteristics of male gender, non-Saudi nationality and high cGPA. Medical schools should facilitate all potential motives and resolve all associated barriers towards participation in EAs.

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“…While 36.7 % of students voiced the need for incorporation of curricular separate courses about healthy sleep patterns into medical curriculum, a much greater proportion of students (45.9 %) expressed interest in extracurricular activities about healthy sleep patterns. Interestingly, only 13.5 % of students affirmed that they were counselled about sleep patterns and academic performance by their academic advisors (3) .…”

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The Interaction between Sleep Quality and Academic Performance among the Medical Students in Taif University

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Almalki²,

Alqarni³

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Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: Sleep quality has significant effects on cognitive performance and physical power and is influenced by multiple factors such as stress. Contrary to the ideal, medical students suffer from sleep deprivation and stress at times when they should achieve the greatest amount of learning. However, poor sleep quality may negatively impact test performance as well, creating a vicious circle. Aim of the study: this study aimed to assess the relationship between sleep quality and academic performance among medical students in Taif University. Methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional analytic study was conducted on 299 of Saudi male and female medical students in Taif University, Saudi Arabia, who completed a self-administered survey by using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and academic grades to collect data. Data were collected from 5-Feb-2017 to 28-May-2017.The analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics (v. 23). Results: a total of 299 medical students were included in this study and surveyed to check for any association between the quality of sleep and their academic scores. Almost 56% of the participants were females. The highest percentage of the participants were from 3 rd year (30.4%) and the least were from the fifth year who represented only 9.4%. the highest percentage of the participant had academic score between 3-3.5 and represent 36.5% , while those who scored between 3.5 and 4 represented 34.8% of the group. The least were those who scored 2 or less they were only 5 students (1.7%). The average sleep score for all the participants was 14.17(SD±2.7). There was a significant difference in the sleep score between males and females (p value =0.04). The Females scored higher (14.46±2.7) than the males (13.82±2.7) which means that the fames had slightly better sleep quality. There was no significant difference in sleep quality between student from different academic years (p value = 0.97) and between students of different academic achievement (p value=0.99). There is no significant correlation between the score representing the Quality of sleep and the academic score (p value =0.935). Conclusions and recommendation: the sleep quality was negatively associated with academic performance in medical students. Health education is recommended to improve quality of sleep and promoting lifestyles of the students.

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“…A third of the students complained of daytime sleepiness [ 32 ]. The interesting thing about Korean medical students is that they sleep less but tend to have a higher quality of sleep as they move on to their later years in school [ 20 , 65 ]. There were no gender differences regarding hours of sleep, but that female students sleep longer on weekdays was shown, while male students sleep longer on weekends [ 65 ].…”

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Research trends in studies of medical students’ characteristics: a scoping review

Jung¹,

Park²,

Roh³

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Korean J Med Educ

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The purpose of this study is to investigate domestic and international research trends in studies of medical students’ characteristics by using the scoping review methods. This study adopted the scoping review to assess papers on the characteristics of medical students. The procedure of research was carried out according to the five steps of the scoping review. The full texts of 100 papers are obtained and are read closely, after which suitable 88 papers are extracted by us for this research. The review is mapped by the year of the study, source, location, author, research design, research subject, objective, and key results. The frequency is analyzed by using Microsoft Excel and SPSS. We found 70 papers (79.5%) on a single medical school, 15 (17.0%) on multiple medical schools, and three (3.4%) on mixed schools, including medical and nonmedical schools. Sixty-nine (79.5%) were cross-sectional studies and 18 (20.5%) were longitudinal studies. Eighty-two papers (93.2%) adopted questionnaire surveys. We summarized research trends of studies on medical students in Korea and overseas by topic, and mapped them into physical health, mental health, psychological characteristics, cognitive characteristics, social characteristics, and career. This study provides insights into the future directions of research for the characteristics of medical students.

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Perceptions of pre-clerkship medical students and academic advisors about sleep deprivation and its relationship to academic performance: a cross-sectional perspective from Saudi Arabia

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Perceptions of preclinical medical students towards extracurricular activities

Perceptions of preclinical medical students towards extracurricular activities

The Interaction between Sleep Quality and Academic Performance among the Medical Students in Taif University

Research trends in studies of medical students’ characteristics: a scoping review

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