Reflection: Pathophysiology Assignment

When our Pathophysiology assignment was set I felt quite nervous about having to write a critical review as I don’t have much experience writing them. Due to having not done as well as I had hoped in previous assignments that I have already gotten back I was worried about doing an assignment worth a large percentage of a module. I had started the research for the assignment and felt quite confident to start writing however I had realised that I had done my research wrong and looked at all types of veterinary rehabilitation methods rather than just focusing on physiotherapy, so I had to start over. This was a major setback for me as I had put a lot of effort into the research and felt a bit deflated which meant I had no motivation to start again. It has been found that a loss in motivation is common when a task has to be redone due to an error carried out by the individual (Lee, 2005).

However, once I started again I quite enjoyed researching for the essay. Pintrich et al. found that enjoying a subject was likely to increase motivation and so in turn improve the grade received. Although the setback, at the time, made it feel like I was going to struggle with the assignment in the end the overall outcome made the experience a good one as I learnt that even if something does go wrong I am still able to carry on and produce the work needed. If this situation was to arise again I would walk away from the situation and give myself a break rather than continuously stressing over it and return to the problem the next day with a fresh head.

References

Lee, E., 2005. The Relationship of Motivation and Flow Experience to Academic Procrastination in University Students. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 166(1), pp.5–15. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/GNTP.166.1.5-15 [Accessed March 13, 2018].

Pintrich, P.R. & de Groot, E. V., 1990. Motivational and self-regulated learning components of classroom academic performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82(1), pp.33–40. Available at: http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0022-0663.82.1.33 [Accessed March 13, 2018].