The coping strategies during medical education predict style of success in medical career: a 10-year longitudinal study

BMC Medical Education

Research Article

Agata Zdun-Ryżewska¹  Małgorzata Tartas¹  Waldemar Budziński¹  Maciej Walkiewicz¹  Mikołaj Majkowicz¹  Krzysztof Wójcikiewicz² 

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

关键词: Coping;    Longitudinal study;    Job satisfaction;    Medical students;    Medical doctors;    Professional success;    Burnout;    Quality of life;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-016-0706-1

 received in 2015-10-31, accepted in 2016-07-08,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe stress associated with the physician’s work is generally acknowledged and is related to well-being and life satisfaction. The presented study was designed to extract the role of coping strategies in identifying differentiated styles of success in a medical career during medical education.MethodsThe participants were examined when they applied to medical school and each subsequent academic year. The final study took place four years after graduation. The baseline questionnaire measured coping strategies. The follow-up questionnaire consisted of measures of: quality of life, work stress and burnout, satisfaction with medicine as a career, and professional competency.ResultsBased on coping strategies assessed during admission and preclinical years of medical study, some aspects of success in the participants’ future medical career can be predicted. Students who take action and deal directly with a problem, neither accept resignation, nor reduce tension by expressing feelings would most probably resist future burnout. However, despite the fact that they obtain the highest quality of life or earn the highest income they would be, at the same time, the least satisfied with chosen career, as well as being more likely to be characterised by a low level of competence.ConclusionsAssessment of coping strategies at the beginning of medical education could be taken into consideration as an instrument to diagnose a specific trend in physicians’ career development.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2016