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dc.contributor.authorMansfield, Kylie J.
dc.contributor.authorIversen, Anita
dc.contributor.authorLøchen, Maja-Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-08T11:16:31Z
dc.date.available2024-11-08T11:16:31Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-16
dc.description.abstractDoctors who work in areas of workforce shortage, such as regional, rural and remote areas or areas of low socioeconomic means need to be more self-motivated, adaptable and self-directed than their metropolitan counterparts. This study aimed to examine the goal orientation and learning characteristics of students recruited into two medical programmes, one from the Northern hemisphere and one from the Southern hemisphere; both with a commitment to producing doctors to practice medicine in rural locations. Three survey tools were administered to 263 medical students: 1. achievement goal orientation survey; 2. learning characteristics survey and 3. the study process questionnaire. Medical students from both cohorts showed a learning goal orientation, which significantly increased with age (P0.007). In terms of learning characteristics, the students from the south had significantly higher scores for curiosity (P0.003), while the northern students had significantly higher scores for methodical (p < 0.001). Both cohorts were similar for adaptability and consciousness. Across the entire student cohort, three of the four learning disposition characteristics were also seen to correlate with learning goal orientation. In both cohorts of medical students deep learning scores exceeded surface learning scores. Selection of students with a learning goal orientation and learning characteristics of curiosity, adaptability and conscientiousness could potentially help students to flourish in rural placement environments.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMansfield, Iversen, Løchen. Regional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2024;83(1)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2306865
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/22423982.2024.2404274
dc.identifier.issn1239-9736
dc.identifier.issn2242-3982
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/35560
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)en_US
dc.titleRegional, rural and remote medicine attracts students with a similar approach to learning in both the Northern and Southern hemisphereen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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