Investigating the relationship between academic motivation and expectations and academic outcomes of undergraduate students in operating room of Khuzestan province .

Operating room students are very similar in terms of  learning abilities and talents, but there is a significant difference in their academic progress during the academic year, which can reflect the difference in their academic motivation. Considering the importance of the motivation for progress, the learning-learning process, the planning and implementation of educational programs, the present study aims to "investigate the relationship of academic motivation with the expectations and outcomes of undergraduate students operating room operative in Khuzestan province ".

This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with the participation of 225 students of operating rooms of universities in different cities of Khuzestan province and using stratified sampling method. Then the demographic information form, the academic motivation questionnaire and the students' outcomes-expectations questionnaire were completed by the students. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics.

The results showed that 83.6% of the students had a very good motivation, 15.6% had moderate motivation and 9.9% had moderate motivation. Percentage was poorly motivated. The mean and standard deviation of academic motivation score in all students were 135.62 ± 25.15, respectively. Finally, the relationship between all the sub-scales of academic motivation and the outcome of the outcome between Khuzestan operating room students in all academic years is significant.

Considering the significant relationship between academic motivation and expectation-outcome among students in operating room of Khuzestan province in general, motivational factors affect academic achievement. Obviously, educational systems should increase their efforts to promote students' academic motivation, education, and related components - inclusive, learner, environment and educational facilities.