Relationship Between Discussion Activity and Try-Out on Learning Outcomes of Medical Students

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the relationship between the level of discussion activity and the results of try-out with learning outcomes in medical students. The research design used was quantitative observational cross-sectional research. The subjects were students in semesters 1, 3, and 5 from Study Program of Medicine Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha Academic Year 2021/2022. Level of discussion activity was assessed by the discussion score determined by number of responses and questions asked. Try-out variable was taken from the results of try-out carried out by student's organization. Learning outcomes were obtained from final exam score. Data were analysed descriptively. Next step data of learning outcomes on status of try-out (took or didn't take) were compared. On final analysis correlation and regression analysis were determined. About 56 out of 151 subjects were excluded from final step of analysis because they didn't take try-out program. The results showed that the discussion score and try-out score have an effect of 20.1% (p<0.001) on learning outcomes. Other results also showed that the final exam scores of students who took the try-out were higher than the students who did not take the try-out (average score=76.37, SD=13.28 vs. average score=68.78, SD=16.33; p<0.01). It can be concluded that discussion process and try-out correlate with learning outcomes.