title: [Relationship between self-directed learning and value profile in Chilean medical students].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical education should prepare students to face a dynamic environment, through competencies that allow them to learn independently.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relationship between self-directed learning and value profile of undergraduate first year students in a medical school in Chile.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-Directed Learning Scale and Schwartz's Values Questionnaire were applied to 235 medical students from the University of Concepción, Chile.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Self-direction and Security are value types that correlate directly and significantly with the overall scale and with the five subscales of Self-Directed Learning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In first year medical students ofUniversity of Concepcion, Chile, Self-direction and Security are values that facilitate Self-directed Learning.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. efasce@udec.cl
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fasce
authors.forename: Cristhian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parra
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult