Motivation to Continue Studying and Taking Required Courses in the Graduate Program at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Abstract

The purposes of this research article were 1) to study and analyze motivation; and 2) to compare students' personal factors and their perception of curriculum information that motivated them to enter and take required courses in the graduate program at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. The study was conducted according to their personal factors and their perception of curriculum information. The sample consisted of 30 graduate students currently enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. The questionnaire was used as the instrument, with an IOC of 0.83 and a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.92. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and F-test. The research results found that 1) the motivation for continuing studies and taking required courses in graduate programs before entering the program was at the highest level overall, namely the institution and program (  = 4.52, S.D.= 0.57) and personal reasons (  = 4.52, S.D.= 0.70), and during the study period, namely the institution and the program (  = 4.93, S.D. = 0.26); and 2) the comparison of students' personal factors and their perception of curriculum information that motivated them to continue their studies and take required courses at the graduate level at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. This study examined the influence of motivation before and during the study period in four dimensions, namely institution and program, career, social, and personal reasons. Overall, it was found that gender, age, current education level, and year of study did not differ in motivation to continue studying and take required courses in the graduate program at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. And the perception of information about different courses had different motivations to continue studying and study required courses in the graduate program, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, namely, the scores during the study in every aspect and every topic was higher than before entering the study, with statistical significance (p-value ‹ 0.05).