Mary A Andrews, Catherine A Okuliar, Sean A Whelton, Allison O Windels, Stacy R Kruse, Manesh G Nachnani, Deborah A Topol, Elexis C McBee, Michael T Stein, Raj C Singaraju, Sam W Gao, David S Oliver, Jed P Mangal, Jeffrey S LaRochelle, William F Kelly, Kent J DeZee, H Carrie Chen, Anthony R Artino, Paul A Hemmer, Ting Dong, Timothy J Cleary, Steven J Durning
INTRODUCTION: Self-regulated learning is a cyclical process of forethought, performance, and self-reflection that has been used as an assessment tool in medical education. No prior studies have evaluated SRL processes for answering multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and most evaluated one or two iterations of a non-MCQ task. SRL assessment during MCQs may elucidate reasons why learners are successful or not on these questions that are encountered repeatedly during medical education. METHODS: Internal medicine clerkship students at three institutions participated in a SRL microanalytic protocol that targeted strategic planning, metacognitive monitoring, causal attributions, and adaptive inferences across seven MCQs...
2023: Perspectives on Medical Education