Resumen

BATISTA SILVA, Aliocha; HINOJOSA CUETO, Iliana  y  GALVEZ ESPINOSA, Maydel. Internal motivational conditions and academic performance in Venezuelan residents of Integral General Medicine. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.1. ISSN 0864-2125.

Objectives: to characterize the relation established among the internal motivational condition and the academic performance of Venezuelan residents of Integral General Medicine. Methods: present study is related to a research project in postgraduate education area and it was conducted at the end of the first academic year (2006) of residents from the "Barrio Adentro" Cuban mission, Monagas state, Venezuela. The sample included 59 subjects. Tool used was the Academic Motivational Questionnaire in its specific and supported category in the Motivational Theory fulfilling the ethical requirement for biomedical researches. We used the R correlation coefficient to measure the strength of the relation among the internal motivational conditions and the academic performance. Results: in group there was a high and homogenous qualification average. Within the factors characterizing the internal motivational conditions the power and the recognition had the higher values expressed as a deep interest of residents in these components. These same factors had a statistically significant correlation with the academic performance. Conclusions: included in the internal motivational factors those with more strength to drive residents to maintain a good academic performance were the power and the recognition. It is essential to organize courses and activities directed to develop the motivation in these students in relation to its achievement, an important factor in the internal motivational conditions.

Palabras clave : Internal motivational conditions; academic performance; Venezuela.

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