Using of various monitoring forms to improve the learning motivation amid students of the medical university State Funded Educational Institution for Higher Professional Education “Omsk State Medical Academy” Ministry for Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation Elena A. Magazeva, PhD, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology

Background The purpose of higher education is training of specialists with a high level of professional competence who are capable of continuous expansion and increasing the sum of their knowledge and skills and able to lifelong learning 1 The doctor is able to solve efficiently his/her professional problems provided that the subjective personal welfare, and active and curious attitude to his/her activity 2 2 3

Motivation development for learning and professional activities An important condition for being mature in the profession is its acceptance by a student, awareness of its meaning, practicable aims, alternatives and their consequences Motivation Focusing on self- learning and fulfillment, emotional attractiveness of learning, understanding of their own abilities and aspirations A crucial element of the educational process in medical universities is to improve students' motivation for learning and professional activity taking into consideration its involvement in daily routine of the modern doctor and higher social significance for development of personality and society

The subject characteristics that enhance motivation for learning and professional activities Subject characteristic Awareness Independence Timeliness Satisfaction Presentation of learning and professional aims, alternatives, ways, means and consequences for their achievement Independent fulfillment of work with minimum assistance from fellows Evaluation of circumstances meet to requirements; evaluation of objective as accessible Evaluation of activity meet to needs, its emotional attractiveness Subject characteristic Temporary prospect Comprehension of«close» и «remote» aims of the learning and professional activities, their concordance Subject characteristic

Contemporary needs for personal and professional maturing Processing of information «Cascade» evaluation of professional skills and abilities of the doctor Plan of personal and professional growth Specify your own educational, personal and professional objectives; Evaluate their attainability and describe achievement ways; Realize “close" and “remote" objectives; Describe advantages for objectives achievement; Describe ways for obstacles overcoming. Perception and storage of information Emotionally willed regulation Ability to make contact and dialogue Ability to interact Speech and culture of communication

Aims and tasks of independent learning:  Profound knowledge of independently investigated problems;  Information management skills development (ability to search and analyze the information from different sources);  Interest development for learning, cognitive and research activities. Various forms of independent learning for students at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology:  tasks for repetition, knowledge keeping and broadening, and training of skills on the given topic (e.g. to make a PowerPoint presentation, to compile a glossary, to prepare tasks on the topic associated with the practical work of a doctor);  tasks for new material perception offered to perform before starting a new particular topic. Such tasks are often used to check a rate of learned material. Organization of independent learning including searching creative explorations

Self-analysis skills development of the motivational component for personal professional self-awareness Simulation games Management games Role-playing games Encourage active perception and mastering of information, skills and abilities development in the professional activity. Analysis of specific situations Discussion Active teaching methods

Numeric and rating system Numeric and rating system is exploited for evaluation of students’ academic achievements in all disciplines taught at the Department. Actual experience with this system has allowed to indicate the following advantages:  Provide a comprehensive assessment of student learning;  Increase the level of activity during classes, keep discipline, improve attendance of lectures and practical classes;  Improve objectivity in assessment of students learning by a teacher Criteria Maximal Score Visiting of lectures and seminars26 Active participation during seminar (reply to the questions, work with various tasks, presentations, comments) 39 Report on independent work20 Intermediate and final tests15

Monitoring forms as means for learning motivation improvement and professional activities Numeric and rating system Active teaching/learning methods Awareness of the real meaning for teaching/learning and professional activities; Independent learning work organization Formation of stable positive attitude to the medical profession Awareness of the link between teaching/learning and professional competences and motivation to the learning Cultivate motivation to the further personal and professional development

Differences in emotional component expression before studying a discipline and at the moment of its completion Indices Before study a discipline At the moment of completion p-level Satisfaction with learning 3,75,00,000014* Satisfaction with profession 5,0 0,0401* Significant increasing of motivation expression in knowledge gain (р=0,009) and profession mastering (p=0,0162) has been revealed. Meaningful distinctions amid motivation indices for diploma getting have not been noticed.

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