How medical students co-regulate their learning in clinical clerkships: a social network study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-regulated learning is a key competence to engage in lifelong learning. Research increasingly acknowledges that medical students in clerkships need others to regulate their learning. The concept of "co-regulated learning" captures this act of regulating one's learning by interacting with others. To effectively cultivate such skills in students, we need to increase our understanding of co-regulated learning. This study aimed to identify the purposes for which students in different phases of clinical training engage others in their networks to regulate their learning.

Methods

In this social network study, we administered a questionnaire to 403 medical students during clinical clerkships (65.5% response rate). The questionnaire probed into the composition of stud

SUBMITTER: Bransen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8939067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature