Education Outside the Classroom: Importance of Learning Self-regulation and Resilience in Graduates of Healthcare

Salazar C.A.E.; Giraldo K.P.A.; Baertl R.B. · Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science (2024)

Resumen

Times are changing classes from in-person to online training. Students can or cannot be prepared for this new order of education. Self-learning regulation (SLR) is essential for upcoming students and graduates in professional development and training. In addition, psychology and medicine students are in a unique position as they start their education, which already consists of autonomous learning outside the classrooms, even in undergraduate settings. Therefore, both characteristics, resilience and SLR, are essential to study and develop for healthcare workers. This study aims to determine if there is a correlation between resilience and self-learning regulation among the medicine and psychology graduates in Metropolitan Lima. This study was conducted, and 100 (68 women) medicine and psychology graduates from private and public universities across Lima participated. Three questionnaires were applied: (1) a sociodemographic questionnaire, (2) the Walding & Young resilience scale, and (3) the International Test Commission self-regulation of learning scale, both scales validated for Latin America. Both scales showed good internal consistency, Cronbach's alpha = .87 and.77, respectively. The self-regulation scale was comprised of two subscales: autonomy and self-control. Both showed high consistency Cronbach's alpha.80 and.85. Pearson correlations were carried out. Results showed that overall scales of Self-Learning Regulation (SLR) and Resilience were not correlated (r (99) = .10, p= .32). However, resilience was significantly associated with the subscale of autonomy even after controlling for age and years of experience (r (96) = .49, p < .001). A hierarchical multiple regression, controlling for age and gender, showed that autonomy also explained a significant proportion of variance in resilience (R 2 = .25, F (3, 96) = 10.82, p < .01). Understanding the dynamics present in the healthcare graduates will help us construct strategies to fulfill the necessities of this important population, crucial for strength healthcare system of the country. © Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science 2024.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas