Podcasts From The Journal Medical Education 2011

Study strategies, such as time and study management techniques, seem to be consistently related to achievement even when aptitude is controlled for, but the picture is not entirely clear. The purpose of this paper was to determine whether relationships could be identified between academic aptitude, study strategies and academic performance which would enable us to provide students with feedback in certain skill areas in order to maximise achievement. Kevin Eva, Editor in Chief of Medical Education, talks to co-authors of this paper Courtney West (Office of Student Affairs, Texas A&M, Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, USA) and Mark Sadoski (Office of Educational Development, Texas A&M, Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, USA). Read the paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03929.x/abstract