Self-efficacy beliefs of medical students: a critical review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Self-efficacy is a theoretically and empirically robust motivation belief that has been shown to play an important role in the learning and development of new skills and knowledge. In this article, we critically review research on the self-efficacy beliefs of medical students, with a goal to evaluate the existing research and to strengthen future work. In particular, we sought to describe the state of research on medical student self-efficacy and to critically examine the conceptualization and measurement of the construct. Finally, we aimed to provide directions for future self-efficacy research.

Methods

We critically reviewed 74 published articles that included measures of self-efficacy beliefs of medical students.

Results

Our review showed that (a) rese

SUBMITTER: Klassen RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5889382 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature