Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 2 1 2012 03 01 Motivation and academic achievement in medical students 1 4 27531 EN . Alireza Yousefy . Gholamreza Ghassemi . Samaneh Firouznia Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. Journal Article 2023 02 09 Background: Despite their ascribed intellectual ability and achieved academic pursuits,<br />medical students’ academic achievement is influenced by motivation. This study is an endeavor to examine the role of motivation in the academic achievement of medical students.<br />Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional correlational study, out of the total 422 medical<br />students, from 4th to final year during the academic year 2007–2008, at School of Medicine,<br />Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 344 participated in completion of the Inventory of<br />School Motivation (ISM), comprising 43 items and measuring eight aspects of motivation. The<br />gold standard for academic achievement was their average academic marks at pre-clinical and<br />clinical levels. Data were computer analyzed by running a couple of descriptive and analytical tests including Pearson Correlation and Student’s t-student. Results: Higher motivation<br />scores in areas of competition, effort, social concern, and task were accompanied by higher<br />average marks at pre-clinical as well as clinical levels. However, the latter ones showed greater<br />motivation for social power as compared to the former group. Task and competition motivation<br />for boys was higher than for girls. Conclusion: In view of our observations, students’ academic<br />achievement requires coordination and interaction between different aspects of motivation.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_27531_7dc75483c8b2ace7420712262f0b6303.pdf