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:: Volume 34, Issue 3 (Fall 2024) ::
MEDICAL SCIENCES 2024, 34(3): 336-343 Back to browse issues page
The effectiveness of education based on problem solving approach on exam anxiety of medical students of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch
Zahra Zafari1 , Ghodsi Ahghar 2, Mohammad Sahebalzamani3
1- PhD Candidate of Curriculum, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Professor, Research Institute of Education, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , ahghar2004@yahoo.com
3- Professor, Department of Management Faculty of Health Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (162 Views)
Background: The aim of this study was the evaluation of effectiveness of education based on problem solving approach on exam anxiety of medical students of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch.
Materials and methods: This research is quasi-experimental research in terms of applied purpose. The statistical population of this study was all 5928 medical students of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch of Medical Sciences, of which 60 were divided into experimental and control groups. The intervention group received training based on a problem-solving approach for 10 sessions. Data were collected using Sarason's exam anxiety (1957) Questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 26 by ANCOVA statistical test.
Results: In the pre-test stage, there was no significant difference in the mean test anxiety between the two groups. A significant difference was observed in the mean anxiety score and its dimensions of intervention group after the intervention (p=0.05). It means that the teaching model based on the problem-solving approach has a significant effect on the exam anxiety among medical students of the Islamic Azad University of Tehran Medical Sciences Branch.
Conclusion: Education based on the problem-solving approach is one of the important factors that plays a role in reducing students' exam anxiety.
 
Keywords: Problem solving approach, Exam anxiety, Medical students.
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Received: 2023/12/31 | Accepted: 2024/04/13 | Published: 2024/10/1
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Zafari Z, Ahghar G, Sahebalzamani M. The effectiveness of education based on problem solving approach on exam anxiety of medical students of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2024; 34 (3) :336-343
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