A Pilot Study Examining the Effects of Educational Setting and Stress on Multitasking Among Medical Students.

ABSTRACT: This study examines multitasking with media and technology among medical students across four learning contexts (lecture, lab, team-based learning, and homework) and whether stress moderates the relationship between multitasking and academic performance. The proliferation of technology simultaneously used for learning, entertainment, and socialization facilitates multitasking in learning environments. There is comparatively little research on multitasking behavior among medical students. Data were collected using a survey distributed online to four cohorts of an allopathic medical school to examine the relationship of multitasking and academic performance using both descriptive and correlational analyses of multitasking behavior in each of the four learning contexts. A moderation analysis

SUBMITTER: Wasserman JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368561 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature