Factors associated with academic performance in undergraduate health sciences students enrolled in the human anatomy course.
Introduction: Human anatomy is a core subject that poses a great academic challenge for students who are admitted to the health sciences undergraduate degree programs. Objective: To know the socio-academic profile of first-year students of several health sciences undergraduate programs and to assess...
| Publicado en: | Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 1 - 7 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=154282892&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 154282892 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01200011 78E0 jtl: Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia issn: 01200011 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: jul-sep2021 vid: 69 iid: 3 pid: 12967 pub: Universidad Nacional de Colombia artinfo: ui: 154282892 10.15446/revfacmed.v69n3.81675 ppf: 1 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 819KB tig: atl: Factors associated with academic performance in undergraduate health sciences students enrolled in the human anatomy course. aug: au: López-Alegría, Fanny Rivera-López, Gonzalo Rubio-Rivera, Andrés affil: Universidad de Santiago de Chile - Faculty of Medical Sciences - School of Obstetrics and Childcare - Santiago de Chile - Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso - Research and Advanced Studies Vice Presidency - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Direction - Valparaíso - Chile Universidad Andres Bello - Faculty of Economics and Business - Santiago de Chile - Chile Universidad Diego Portales - Faculty of Psychology - Santiago de Chile - Chile su: Anatomy education Human anatomy Student health Academic achievement Science students Undergraduate programs Santiago (Chile) Chile sug: subj: Santiago (Chile) Chile Anatomy education Human anatomy Student health Academic achievement Science students Undergraduate programs keyword: Academic Performance Anatomy Health Occupations Students Universities Anatomía Estudiantes del área de la salud Rendimiento académico Universidades ab: Introduction: Human anatomy is a core subject that poses a great academic challenge for students who are admitted to the health sciences undergraduate degree programs. Objective: To know the socio-academic profile of first-year students of several health sciences undergraduate programs and to assess the association between, on the one hand, academic performance during secondary education, study habits and performance in the university admission science test, and, on the other, academic performance in the human anatomy course. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional correlational study conducted in 2018. The study population consisted of 306 first-year students enrolled in 7 health sciences undergraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Medical Sciences of a public university in Santiago de Chile, Chile. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the correlation between the variables of interest. Also, a multiple linear regression analysis was performed to establish the factors significantly associated with the final grade obtained in the course. A level of significance of p<0.05 was considered. Results: The mean age of the participants was 19.8 years, 98.6% were single, and 65.3% were female. A significant association was observed between the final grade obtained in the course and the score obtained in the university admission test (p=0.000) and the high school grade point average (p=0.001); however, this association was not significant with the variables considered as study habits. Conclusion: Academic performance in the human anatomy course was associated with the students' prior knowledge, but not with their study habits. Thus, educational interventions in this university should focus more on leveling students' knowledge, rather than on optimizing their study habits. Introducción. Anatomía humana es una asignatura básica que representa un gran desafío académico para los estudiantes que ingresan a programas de pregrado en ciencias de la salud. Objetivos. Conocer el perfil socioacadémico de los estudiantes de primer año de varios programas de ciencias de la salud y evaluar la asociación entre, por un lado, el desempeño académico en la enseñanza media, los hábitos de estudio y el desempeño en la prueba de selección universitaria de ciencias y, por el otro, el rendimiento académico en la asignatura de anatomía humana. Materiales y métodos. Estudio transversal correlacional realizado en 2018. La población de estudio consistió de 306 estudiantes de primer año de 7 programas de pregrado de ciencias de la salud ofrecidos por la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de una universidad pública en Santiago de Chile, Chile. La correlación entre las variables de interés se determinó mediante el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson. Además, se realizó un análisis de regresión lineal múltiple para establecer los factores asociados significativamente con la nota final de la materia. Se consideró un nivel de significancia de p<0.05. Resultados. La edad promedio de los participantes fue 19.8 años, 98.6% eran solteros y 65.3% eran mujeres. Se observó una asociación significativa entre la nota final de la asignatura y el puntaje de la prueba de selección universitaria de ciencias (p=0.000) y el promedio de notas de enseñanza media (p=0.001), pero no con las variables consideradas como hábitos de estudio. Conclusiones. El rendimiento académico en la asignatura de anatomía humana se asoció con los conocimientos previos de los estudiantes, pero no con sus hábitos de estudio. Por tanto, se recomienda que las intervenciones educativas en esta universidad se centren más en la nivelación de los conocimientos de los estudiantes, que en la optimización de sus hábitos de estudio. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia is the property of Universidad Nacional de Colombia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia holder: Universidad Nacional de Colombia dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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