Strategies for enhancing medical student resilience: student and faculty member perspectives
| Autor: | Julia Farquhar, Arpana R. Vidyarthi, Robert K. Kamei |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical Students Medical 020205 medical informatics media_common.quotation_subject education medical students 02 engineering and technology wellness 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine well-being Adaptation Psychological ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Burnout Professional Original Research media_common Singapore Medical education Resilience Education Medical Mentors Enhancing Medical Student Resilience Medical school General Medicine Resilience Psychological Well-being Perception Psychological resilience Psychology qualitative research Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Medical Education |
| ISSN: | 2042-6372 |
| DOI: | 10.5116/ijme.5a46.1ccc |
| Popis: | Objectives To improve programs aimed to enhance medical student resiliency, we examined both medical student and faculty advisor perspectives on resiliency-building in an Asian medical school. Methods In two separate focus groups, a convenience sample of 8 MD-PhD students and 8 faculty advisors were asked to identify strategies for enhancing resilience. Using thematic analysis, two researchers independently examined discussion transcripts and field notes and determined themes through a consensus process. They then compared the themes to discern similarities and differences between these groups. Results Themes from the student suggestions for increasing resilience included “Perspective changes with time and experience”, “Defining effective advisors,” and “Individual paths to resiliency”. Faculty-identified themes were “Structured activities to change student perspectives,” “Structured teaching of coping strategies”, and “Institution-wide social support”. Students described themselves as individuals building their own resilience path and preferred advisors who were not also evaluators. Faculty, however, suggested systematic, structural ways to increase resilience. Conclusions Students and advisors identified some common, and many distinct strategies for enhancing medical student resilience. Student/advisor discrepancies may exemplify a cultural shift in Singapore’s medical education climate, where students value increased individualism and autonomy in their education. As medical schools create interventions to enhance resilience and combat potential student burnout, they should consider individually-tailored as well as system-wide programs to best meet the needs of their students and faculty. |
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