Medical Students - Self-Assessed Confidence Level Before a Major Physiology Examination: Affective Factors in a Nigerian Medical School

Self-reported confidence before any exami¬nation in all levels of medical training is a product of previous experience, attitudinal inclinations overtime, degree of self sub¬jection to tenets of professionalism and possibly, the inadvertent role of the medical school environment including colleagues, teachers and faculty members, comfort, satisfaction and psychosocial stability; which may be addressed as sub-factors that determine the level of preparedness. Let medical schools in Nigeria; adopt a con¬tinuous and regular assessment of studentsʹ self confidence before any minor or major examination, to monitor and ensure a certain psychological and academic level of preparedness among the students. This will avoid some cases of attrition resulting from self-doubt and lack of preparedness.