Assessment of Academic Self - Efficacy of Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2017-2018

 Introduction: Access to  academic competence and development  has been mostly regarded  as the final  aim of learners and the educational system of any country, which has been mostly  effected by so many factors. One of these factors is the academic self-efficacy of the students, which has been defined as the students' views about the capability to study within the educational process. The aim of this study was to assess the academic self-efficacy of students at Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2017-2108  Methods: over this cross-sectional study, a descriptive-analytic method was adopted across  a multi-stage sampling among various faculties  with respect to entrance and graduation so-called yardsticks. The data collecting instrument was a demographic  characteristics questionnaire and a standardized academic self-efficacy questionnaire(32  articulated item). Data have been  described through SPSS version 19 and central indices and frequency distribution and then analyzed through independent T tests,  ANOVA  software and  Duncan test and Pearson and spearman  correlation coefficients in p value(significance level)  less than /05.  Results: The mean and standard deviation of the age of the samples were 21/38±1/72 scores, and% 81/9 female, %78/7 male and %56/9 settled in dormitory. The students' academic self-efficacy mean and standard deviation  were 109/84±21/19  from the achieved  range of 30-160 .This result reveals that %4/3 have weak academic self-efficacy and %57/4 have average academic self-efficacy and %38/3 have favorite academic self-efficacy. Statistical tests suggest that academic self-efficacy on the basis of sex (p= /014) and on the basis of the type and the  location  of  faculty (p= //001) have statistically different significance. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed  that between  academic self-efficacy and overall academic mean ,there was a  direct significant correlation (p<0 /001 , r=/381) Conclusion: Ultimately, the results revealed  that the students of Qom University of Medical Sciences have moderate academic self-efficacy and based on  its relevance  with some components which is  Effective in studying, it is essential  to take into account  the student's promoting  programs for the university.