Building resilience among undergraduate health professions students: identifying influencing factors.

Autor: Chye SM; IMU Centre for Education & Department of Applied Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, School of Health Science, IMU University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia., Kok YY; IMU Centre for Education & Department of Applied Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, School of Health Science, IMU University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia., Chen YS; IMU Centre for Education & Department of Human Biology, School of Medicine, IMU University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia., Er HM; IMU Centre for Education & School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IMU University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia. huimeng_er@imu.edu.my.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC medical education [BMC Med Educ] 2024 Oct 18; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 1168. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 18.
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-06127-1
Abstrakt: Background: Resilience contributes to mental well-being, hence expediting recovery from stressful events. Health professions students, in particular, often experience heightened levels of stress and anxiety due to academic demands and other stressors. This study aimed to explore the factors contributing to resilience and identify support systems that universities can implement to help undergraduate health professions students build resilience and manage their mental well-being.
Methods: A total of 28 students from the fields of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Dietetics and Nutrition participated in semi-structured interviews. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The interviews were stopped when data saturation was achieved. The data were analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: Thematic analysis of the interviews identified five key themes contributing to resilience: life experience, socioeconomic factors, personal attributes, support resources, and role modelling. Universities play a crucial role in fostering resilience among health professions students through soft skills training, workplace-oriented training, mentoring, and extracurricular activities. These opportunities enable students to develop and strengthen resilience in both formal and informal settings. Such initiatives not only equip students to manage future career challenges but also support their overall personal and professional development.
Conclusions: This study provided a comprehensive understanding of the contributing factors to health professions students' resilience. The availability of support resources together with a nurturing environment provided by university are crucial. By fostering resilience, students are better prepared to navigate the challenges of the demanding professions and develop the emotional fortitude necessary for long-term success in healthcare.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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