Medical student use of practice questions in their studies: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Practice questions are highly sought out for use as a study tool among medical students in undergraduate medical education. At the same time, it remains unknown how medical students use and incorporate practice questions and their rationales into their studies. To explore this heavily relied upon study strategy, semi-structured interviews were conducted with second-year medical students to assess how they approach using practice questions. Qualitative thematic analysis revealed several recurrent themes: (1) Medical students use practice questions for primary learning, (2) Medical students place more importance on the rationale of a practice question versus selecting the right answer, and (3) Medical students view practice questions as being designed to be used once or having a single-use.

SUBMITTER: Sheehy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11495114 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature