A Study of The Factors Influencing Learning Outcomes of Medical Students

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780472
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Kitasato University
• Principal Investigator: MAEDA Takashi 北里大学, 一般教育部, 講師 (10507966)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: IR / 学習成果 / 規定要因

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the factors that influence learning outcomes of medical students. I analyzed the data of 6th year medical students who were at Chiba University in 2012 and 2013.The number of this data was 188. The method in this study was multiple regression analysis. The independent variables were socio-economic background (length of education of parents) and social attribute (sex) of the medical students. The dependent variable was cumulative GPA(Grade Point Average).
The results of this analysis clarified that the factors influencing the learning outcomes of medical students were not unchangeable variables like socio-economic background and social attribute but changeable variables like involvements of students at university.

Free Research Field

教育社会学