Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has made us aware that the toughness of a doctor who is willing to sacrifice and fight behind threats to his safety is needed. Therefore, a medical education institution has a very important role in forming doctors in accordance with these demands, and the medical student need encouragement that can trigger enthusiasm to learn that can be pursued through socializing the motto “doctor for the nation” and learning motivation. This study aimed to determine the relationship between motto “doctor for the nation” and learning motivation with student’s learning experiences.
Subjects and Methods: The research design used was the cross sectional method. The sample size was 144 respondents from medical students batch 2nd, 3rd, 4th UPN Veteran Jakarta. The data were collected using questionnaires. The independent variable were motto “doctor for the nation” and learning motivation and the dependent variable was student’s learning experiences.
Results: The result of the univariate analysis showed that the students had moderate perception of motto “doctor for the nation” 75.7%, moderate learning motivation 65.3% and enough learning experience 70.8%. The result of the Chi-Square test showed that there was correlation between the motto “doctor for the nation” (OR=9.00; CI 95% 2.72 to 29.70, p=0.001) and learning motivation (OR=3.63; CI 95% 1.26 to 10.47; p=0.020) with learning experiences. The multivariate showed results that the motto “doctor for the nation” has an effect of 7.17 times on the learning experience.
Conclusion: This study showed that the motto “doctor for the nation” and learning motivation has impact to increase student’s learning experience.

Keywords: motto, learning motivation, learning experiences

Correspondence:
Virga Nurfitria Dewi, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta. Jl, Rumah Sakit Fatmawati, Pondok Labu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. E-mail: virganurfitriad@upnvj.ac.id. Mobile: 085161711331.