Study Techniques and Academic Performance in Human Medicine at a University in Cajamarca 2024

Objective: Determine the relationship between study techniques and academic performance of students. second and third year students of Human Medicine at a university in Cajamarca 2024. Materials and methods: Quantitative, non-experimental, transectional and correlation-type study, with a sample made up of 108 students from the second and third year of the Human Medicine degree in the year 2024. A reliable unified questionnaire was used (Study techniques and academic performance in Human Medicine students Cronbach 0.72), the statistic was used for data analysis descriptive and inferential, determining significance at p<0.05. Results: No one found relationship between the variables of study techniques and academic performance. It was observed that the is the most used technique at 42.6%, while active memory and repetition spaced are the least used at 50.0% and 38.9% respectively. Furthermore, it was found a significant relationship of the variables gender and academic condition with academic performance in 0.045 and 0.003 respectively. Conclusion: There is no positive relationship between the techniques of study and academic performance. It was identified that the most used study techniques are those of low and medium utility. It was also established that the academic performance category was superior to the average. Finally, it was found that other factors can influence academic performance. such as the female sex and the regular academic cycle.