Reflection in Learning: a Study of Students win a Medical School

Abstract: The purpose of this work was to appraise the students´ patterns of reflection-in-learning in a medical school and to find their relationships to measures of the learners´ characteristics and context. The cross-sectional inquiry involved 226 students representative of the target population, who completed the Scale of Reflection in Learning (RLS). The relationship between the students´ RLS score were identified by multiple regression analysis; level of self-regulation, course-outcome valuing, admission term, stage in the medical program and motivation to learn. Students showing enhanced reflection in learning revealed higher levels of academic achievement. In conclusion, the findings highlight some conditions for variation of the reflection -in-learning drive among medical students and suggest a useful role for the RLS tool in appraising the learners´ reflection patterns in relation to their causes and effects within the context of professional training.