Memoria de trabajo y su relación con el rendimiento académico en estudiantes de medicina

Abstract

Understanding what the Working Memory is, how it works and how it is related to learning is very important for education. Objectives: To determine the relationship between working memory and the academic performance of medical students. Methodology: A cross-observational study, of a descriptive correlational type, was carried out. The design is retrospective-retrolective with a non-probabilistic sample for convenience with prior signature of informed consent with a total of 270 students of the UJED School of Medicine. Contribution: In the results obtained, no significant correlation was found between working memory and academic performance, however, a high percentage (53.3%) of students who have attended at least one subject were observed and they have better grades than the group that has not studied subjects, for that reason a second analysis was carried out by means of comparative test with U Mann-Withney, finding a significant difference between the qualifications of the groups with a p=.000, not so far the memory components of working memory which were found within normal values according to the brief neuropsychological test in Spanish.