The sense of coherence and styles of success in the medical career: a longitudinal study

BMC Medical Education

Krzysztof Wojcikiewicz²  Mikolaj Majkowicz¹  Waldemar Budzinski¹  Maciej Walkiewicz¹  Malgorzata Tartas¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Medical University of Gdansk, Tuwima 15 Street, Gdansk, 80-210, Poland;Polish Chamber of Physicians in Gdansk, Sniadeckich 33 Street, Gdansk, 80-204, Poland

关键词: Professional success;    Medical staff;    Medical students;    Job satisfaction;    Longitudinal study;    Sense of coherence;   

Others  :  1090074
DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-014-0254-5

 received in 2014-03-05, accepted in 2014-11-17,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Sense of coherence is related to well-being, stress and life satisfaction among medical students and physicians. The purpose of the study was to investigate relation between sense of coherence during medical education and styles of success in the medical career.

Methods

The participants were first examined when they applied to medical school in 1999. Questionnaires were given to these students each academic year from 2000 to 2005. Also, 54 medical doctors who had participated in the first phase of the study completed a questionnaire in 2009, four years after graduation. The baseline questionnaire measured the sense of coherence. The follow-up questionnaire included measures of quality of life, work stress and burnout, satisfaction with medicine as a career, and professional competency.

Results

Medical students with the highest sense of coherence later have the highest quality of life and income, and are the least overwhelmed by work stress, but they also show the least satisfaction with medicine as a career and a low level of professional competence.

Conclusions

Antonovsky’s SOC-29 questionnaire can be used to identify specific tendencies in the development of the medical career. Our results may be useful to medical school admissions officers and resident selection committees, in order to identify candidates at risk for failure.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Tartas et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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