Time use in out-of-class activities and its association with self-efficacy and perceived stress: data from second-year medical students in China.

ABSTRACT: Background: Medical students struggle with heavy workloads and face unique time management challenges, calling for insight on medical students' time use in out-of-class activities and related psychological factors.Objectives: To investigate Chinese medical students' time use in out-of-class activities and its association with self-efficacy and perceived stress.Design: 940 second-year medical students were invited to participate in the survey. A questionnaire was developed to investigate the amount of time participants spent on out-of-class activities. Two existing instruments were used to assess participants' self-efficacy and perceived stress. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyze the data.Results: 686 students (72.98%) completed t

SUBMITTER: Song X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature