Methodological instructional class on strategies to foster motivation in medical science students

Abstract

Methodological instructional classes, whose function is to guide teachers on the methods, procedures, and teaching resources to be used in the teaching-learning process, are necessary in Higher Medical Education, and at the same time complex, which presents difficulties in their development by faculty members each academic year. There are few publications, most of them outdated, that guide teachers on how to design methodological instructional classes. The objective of this article is to present an example of such a class, which will guide teachers in its preparation, developing the topic of motivation in Medical Sciences students through one of the forms of work-based learning: ward rounds. The aim is to instruct teachers in the application of motivational strategies in order to achieve better academic results in teaching the subject of Comprehensive General Medicine to 6th-year medical students.