The role of emotions in academic performance of undergraduate medical students: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper is devoted to a narrative review of the literature on emotions and academic performance in medicine. The review aims to examine the role emotions play in the academic performance of undergraduate medical students.

Methods

Eight electronic databases were used to search the literature from 2013 to 2023, including Academic Search Ultimate, British Education Index, CINAHL, Education Abstract, ERIC, Medline, APA Psych Articles and APA Psych Info. Using specific keywords and terms in the databases, 3,285,208 articles were found. After applying the predefined exclusion and inclusion criteria to include only medical students and academic performance as an outcome, 45 articles remained, and two reviewers assessed the quality of the retrieved literature; 17 artic

SUBMITTER: Alshareef N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342563 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature