The importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes

<h4>Introduction</h4> Extracurricular research programmes (ERPs) may contribute to reducing the current shortage in physician-scientists, but usually select students based on grades only. The question arises if students should be selected based on their motivation, regardless of their pr...

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Autores principales:	Belinda W. C. Ommering, Floris M. Van Blankenstein, Merel van Diepen, Nelleke A. Gruis, Ada Kool, Friedo W. Dekker
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:86e7fcc0d2474cb485161ccc400454ed2021-11-25T06:19:31ZThe importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/86e7fcc0d2474cb485161ccc400454ed2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604306/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Introduction</h4> Extracurricular research programmes (ERPs) may contribute to reducing the current shortage in physician-scientists, but usually select students based on grades only. The question arises if students should be selected based on their motivation, regardless of their previous academic performance. Focusing on grades and lacking to take motivation into account when selecting students for ERPs might exclude an important target group when aiming to cultivate future physician-scientists. Therefore, this study compared ERP students with lower and higher previous academic performance on subsequent academic performance, ERP performance, and motivational factors. <h4>Methods</h4> Prospective cohort study with undergraduate medical students who filled in a yearly questionnaire on motivational factors. Two student groups participating in an ERP were compared: students with first-year grade point average (GPA) ≥7 versus <7 on a 10-point grading scale. Linear and logistic regressions analyses were used to compare groups on subsequent academic performance (i.e. third-year GPA, in-time bachelor completion), ERP performance (i.e. drop-out, number of credits), and motivational factors (i.e. intrinsic motivation for research, research self-efficacy beliefs, perceptions of research, curiosity), while adjusting for gender and motivational factors at baseline. <h4>Results</h4> The <7 group had significantly lower third-year GPA, and significantly higher odds for ERP drop-out than the ≥7 group. However, there was no significant between-group difference on in-time bachelor completion and the <7 group was not inferior to the ≥7 group in terms of intrinsic motivation for research, perceptions of research, and curiosity. <h4>Conclusions</h4> Since intrinsic motivation for research, perceptions of research, and curiosity are prerequisites of future research involvement, it seems beneficial to focus on motivation when selecting students for ERPS, allowing students with lower current academic performance to participate in ERPs as well.Belinda W. C. OmmeringFloris M. Van BlankensteinMerel van DiepenNelleke A. GruisAda KoolFriedo W. DekkerPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Belinda W. C. Ommering Floris M. Van Blankenstein Merel van Diepen Nelleke A. Gruis Ada Kool Friedo W. Dekker The importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes
description	<h4>Introduction</h4> Extracurricular research programmes (ERPs) may contribute to reducing the current shortage in physician-scientists, but usually select students based on grades only. The question arises if students should be selected based on their motivation, regardless of their previous academic performance. Focusing on grades and lacking to take motivation into account when selecting students for ERPs might exclude an important target group when aiming to cultivate future physician-scientists. Therefore, this study compared ERP students with lower and higher previous academic performance on subsequent academic performance, ERP performance, and motivational factors. <h4>Methods</h4> Prospective cohort study with undergraduate medical students who filled in a yearly questionnaire on motivational factors. Two student groups participating in an ERP were compared: students with first-year grade point average (GPA) ≥7 versus <7 on a 10-point grading scale. Linear and logistic regressions analyses were used to compare groups on subsequent academic performance (i.e. third-year GPA, in-time bachelor completion), ERP performance (i.e. drop-out, number of credits), and motivational factors (i.e. intrinsic motivation for research, research self-efficacy beliefs, perceptions of research, curiosity), while adjusting for gender and motivational factors at baseline. <h4>Results</h4> The <7 group had significantly lower third-year GPA, and significantly higher odds for ERP drop-out than the ≥7 group. However, there was no significant between-group difference on in-time bachelor completion and the <7 group was not inferior to the ≥7 group in terms of intrinsic motivation for research, perceptions of research, and curiosity. <h4>Conclusions</h4> Since intrinsic motivation for research, perceptions of research, and curiosity are prerequisites of future research involvement, it seems beneficial to focus on motivation when selecting students for ERPS, allowing students with lower current academic performance to participate in ERPs as well.
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author	Belinda W. C. Ommering Floris M. Van Blankenstein Merel van Diepen Nelleke A. Gruis Ada Kool Friedo W. Dekker
author_facet	Belinda W. C. Ommering Floris M. Van Blankenstein Merel van Diepen Nelleke A. Gruis Ada Kool Friedo W. Dekker
author_sort	Belinda W. C. Ommering
title	The importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes
title_short	The importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes
title_full	The importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes
title_fullStr	The importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes
title_full_unstemmed	The importance of motivation in selecting undergraduate medical students for extracurricular research programmes
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publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
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