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Influence of negative emotions on residents' learning of scientific information: an experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical training is consistently described as emotionally challenging. Students commonly encounter situations that are likely to trigger emotional reactions, but the influence of emotional reactions to these situations on learning is unclear. This experiment examined the effects of negative emotions on medical residents' learning of scientific information.

Methods

Sixty first-year internal medicine residents (i.e. physicians in training to become specialists) at the São Paulo University Medical School were randomly assigned to watching a video clip either presenting an emotional (experimental group) or a neutral (control group) version of the same situation. Subsequently, all residents studied the same scientific text. Main outcome measurements were learning processes (inferred through study time and cognitive engagement) and outcomes (recall accuracy). Data were analyzed using chi-square and independent t‑tests.

Results

The experimental group spent significantly less time (p < 0.001) studying the text and performed significantly worse on the free recall test (p < 0.001) than the control group.

Discussion

Negative emotions decreased time invested in a learning task and the amount of knowledge gained from it, possibly because they automatically activated avoidance attitudes or captured part of the residents' cognitive resources, hindering processing of the learning material. Future studies should further explore the underlying mechanisms of this effect and how it can be diminished.

SUBMITTER: Kremer T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684560 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Influence of negative emotions on residents' learning of scientific information: an experimental study.

Kremer Telma T Mamede Silvia S van den Broek Walter W WW Schmidt Henk G HG Nunes Maria do P T MDPT Martins Milton A MA

Perspectives on medical education 20190801 4

<h4>Introduction</h4>Medical training is consistently described as emotionally challenging. Students commonly encounter situations that are likely to trigger emotional reactions, but the influence of emotional reactions to these situations on learning is unclear. This experiment examined the effects of negative emotions on medical residents' learning of scientific information.<h4>Methods</h4>Sixty first-year internal medicine residents (i.e. physicians in training to become specialists) at the S ...[more]

PMID: 31338789

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Influence of negative emotions on residents' learning of scientific information: an experimental study.

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

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Influence of negative emotions on residents' learning of scientific information: an experimental study.

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