Active Methodologies in the Training of Future Health Professionals: Academic Goals and Autonomous Learning Strategies
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Roque Herrera, Yosbanys; Zagalaz Sánchez, María Luisa; Valdivia Moral, Pedro Angel; Marín Marín, José Antonio; Alonso García, SantiagoEditorial
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Materia
Active methodologies Innovation actions in education Achievements goals Training Strategy
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2020-02-17Referencia bibliográfica
Roque Herrera, Y., Zalagaz Sánchez, M. L., Valdivia-Moral, P., Marín-Marín, J. A., & Alonso García, S. (2020). Active Methodologies in the Training of Future Health Professionals: Academic Goals and Autonomous Learning Strategies. Sustainability, 12(4), 1485.
Resumen
The learning of future health professionals is fundamental to the training of competent
professionals. In this work, it was proposed to determine the correlation between academic goals
and learning strategies in students enrolled from the first to the sixth semester in seven specialties
of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the National University of Chimborazo. A correlational design
was used in which the questionnaires for evaluation of academic achievement and strategies for
autonomous learning strategies were applied. The resulting data were analyzed and interpreted
using descriptive and non-parametric inferential statistical methods. The results suggested that the
types of academic goals and autonomous learning strategies had a homogeneous pattern in most of
the seven specialties studied. According to the Likert scale, category 3, which sometimes corresponds
to the range of quantitative categories, was the predominant one. Finally, the correlation between
autonomous work strategies and the types of academic achievement of the students in the sample
was mostly weak or non-existent and direct.