![]() Self-regulation requires a professional to have the capacity for change when presented with evidence of suboptimal performance and insight is necessary for this process. ![]() In order for self directed learning and self regulation to be effective the student (or doctor) needs to have a degree of awareness of their own knowledge and performance, often referred to as Insight. ![]() Medical students are now expected to undertake much of their learning in the form of self-directed study rather than being the passive recipients of didactic teaching. This study is a valuable first step towards a potentially exciting research domain and warrants further longitudinal evaluation with larger cohorts of students using additional measures of achievement.Ĭentral to the practice of medicine are the concepts of self regulation and a commitment to life long learning. While no correlation was found between this measure of self reflection and insight with academic performance, there was an increase in students’ recognition of the need for reflection after one year of clinical studies. There was a significant increase in recognition of the need for self reflection in Year 5 compared with Year 4. We found no correlation between self reflection or insight and academic performance in written and clinical exams. Seventy of the students were surveyed again at the start of Year 5 to see if scores changed or were stable after one year of full time clinical training. Performance in end of year written and clinical exams was monitored and correlated with SRIS. Self reflection and insight scores were measured in 162 students at the start of Year 4 at the University of Western Australia. We investigated whether self reflection and insight scores correlate with academic performance in Year 4 medical students from a six year undergraduate medical degree, and whether self reflection and insight changes after one year of clinical training. The Self Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS) is a tool for measuring insight which has been validated in medical students. Medical students in academic difficulty are often described as lacking insight. ![]()
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