Variation In Motivation and Learning Strategies in a Cohort Study of Medical Students at the Andrés Bello University, Viña Del Mar Campus, Chile. 2 Years of Follow-Up

In Chile there is an evident concern for the improvement of the quality of education, and therefore of learning itself, and it is due to this, that knowing the pillars of the latter, motivation and learning strategies, becomes fundamental to achieve the objective.There is scarce information that relates the variables motivation and learning strategies in medical students.The objective of this research is to identify the variation of motivation and learning strategies in medical students.For this purpose, an analytical-observational study was carried out, a prospective cohort study of two years of follow-up, during the first and second year of the medical career of the Universidad Andrés Bello, Viña del Mar.There was a sample of 33 individuals, of which 20 were female and 13 male.The results showed significant variations in motivation, decreasing in the 2nd year, compared to the 1st, the same results were observed, in particular, for the female sex.On the other hand, significant variations were also observed in learning strategies, with a decrease in resource management in the second year compared to the first year; these results were repeated for both sexes.Finally, the results showed that there is a positive correlation between motivation and learning strategies in the second year.