Abstract:
Factors which influence academic achievement of students have been explored
throughout the world. Some of the studies looked at Emotional Intelligence
(EI), Academic Self-Efficacy and Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) as against
academic Achievement (AA) but as separate entities. Thus, using the
quantitative paradigm a cross sectional descriptive survey, this study set out to
investigate the impact Emotional Intelligence, Psychological Wellbeing and
Academic Self-Efficacy have on Academic Achievement of clinical medical
students of public Universities in Ghana. Using a multistage sampling
approach, a sample of 297 respondents were used. The study pointed out that
there is no statistically significant difference found between the moderate and
high levels of Emotional Intelligence. The study also found that there is a
statistically significant difference between high and low levels of
Psychological Well-being in terms of academic achievement of students. In
reference to this, it is recommended that stakeholders of medical education in
Ghana should strongly consider implementing Emotional Intelligence
development and coaching programs for current medical and future medical
school students. Again, the study recommends to stakeholders that
implementation of psychological assessment test by each student at least twice
in a semester could be helpful.
