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Test Anxiety Among US Medical Students: A Review of the Current Literature.
Review in Medical science educator, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of examination performance and test anxiety during bell-paced and self-paced gross anatomy laboratory examinations.Anatomical sciences education · 2026Trial
- Impact of cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction in mitigating test anxiety and enhancing academic achievement among vocational education students at Nigerian universities.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Peer-led mentoring intervention for test anxiety reduction among medical students: development, implementation, and prospective evaluation.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Test anxiety predictors inventory (tapi): development and initial validation of a predictor-oriented instrument for medical students.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Test anxiety, emotional regulation and academic performance among medical students: a qualitative study.Medical education online · 2025Article
- Reduced Test Anxiety Among Medical Students in an Extremely Low-Stakes Examination.Medical science educator · 2025Article
- Mind over Matter: Tracking Medical Students' Self-perceptions of Wellness at the USMLE Step 1 Juncture.Medical science educator · 2025Article
- Factors influencing the negative emotions of undergraduate medical students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Purpose: Medical students experience anxiety at higher rates than the general public and many are uniquely affected by additional test anxiety throughout their medical education. Although test anxiety has been studied for decades, little evidence has been published suggesting interventions improve examination performance in medical education. Therefore, we set out to review the current literature to elucidate efforts so far and establish trends in research. Methods: Databases searched included PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO, ERIC, SCOPUS, and CINAHL. English language articles published between 2010 and 2021 were loaded into a reference manager to screen out duplicate articles. During the full-text screen and data extraction phase, reference lists were also inspected to identify additional articles for inclusion in the study. Results: Of 883 studies identified, 860 were excluded resulting in 22 studies for extraction and analysis. First-year ( Conclusion: This review identifies a variety of measurement tools and interventions attempting to mitigate test anxiety. As far as improving examination performance, none of the interventions reported was successful. Further research addressing test anxiety that results in improved medical student academic performance should be conducted and also use established assessment tools.
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