title: The correlation between achievement goals, learning strategies, and motivation in medical students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to investigate the pursuit of achievement goals in medical students and to assess the relationship between achievement goals, learning strategy, and motivation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred seventy freshman and sophomore premedical students and sophomore medical school students participated in this study, which used the Achievement Goals Scale and the Self-Regulated Learning Strategy Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The achievement goals of medical students were oriented toward moderate performance approach levels, slightly high performance avoidance levels, and high mastery goals. About 40% of the students were high or low in all three achievement goals. The most successful adaptive learners in the areas of learning strategies, motivation, and school achievement were students from group 6, who scored high in both performance approach and mastery goals but low in performance avoidance goals. And goal achievement are related to the academic self-efficacy, learning strategies, and motivation in medical students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the context of academic achievement, mastery goals and performance approach goals are adaptive goals.
authors: Department of Medical Education, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Sun
authors: S
authors: Kim
authors: Faculty Development & Mentoring Center, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Yera
authors: Y
authors: Hur
authors: Department of Medical Education, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Joo Hyun
authors: JH
authors: Park
keywords: Achievement goals; Learning strategies; Medical students; Motivation