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Background: Medical profession requires a deep insight regarding its extensive curriculum for competency in field. Motivation is a contributing factor. Objective: To determine the types of motivational profiles and study strategies among medical students
Methodology: Study design: Cross Sectional study. Study Setting: Sheikh Zayed Medical College Rahim Yar khan
Duration of Study: 1st July to 30th September 2017. Sample Size: A total of 120 subjects were included in the study. Sampling Technique: Two stage stratified systematic random sampling. Study Subject: Students of all classes. Inclusion Criteria: Students of MBBS classes from 1st Year to Final Year from either sex. Exclusion Criteria: People not willing to participate in study. Motivational profiles and study strategies, study hours, and learning methods to memorize were assessed. Data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 20
Results: Most common motivational profile was high intrinsic high controlled 52 [43%]. Most common learning method was understanding and repetition 89 [74%]. Daily study hours were non specific among 66 [55%] of students
Conclusion: High intrinsic high controlled was most common profile and understanding and repetition was most common way of learning
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To compare case based learning with conventional teaching from student's perspective. Cross sectional comparative study. Army Medical College, Rawalpindi from May 2012 to November 2012. A closed ended self-administered questionnaire with twelve questions was prepared and distributed to 427 students of 2[nd] to final year MBBS classes. The responses to the questions were dichotomous either in favour of case based learning or conventional teaching. It included both the genders and all the categories of students from 17 to 23 years of age. Duly filled questionnaires were returned by 397 respondents which were included in the study. Univariate analysis of each question was performed by applying Binomial exact test. Reliability was determined through internal consistency by applying Cronbach's alpha test. A total of 294 [74%] male and 103 [26%] female students with mean age of 19.83 +/- 1.41 years participated in the study. Difference in frequency of respondents was significant for all the questions [p-value < 0.05] except question number 1 and 2. Value of Cronbach's alpha was 0.83 showing high reliability. Case based learning is a preferred instructional strategy as compared to conventional teaching from students' perspective