Grant awarded by the Scottish Medical Education Research Consortium (SMERC)

We received a grant for just under £10,000 to progress the work on the link between different types of stressors and identity in the medical context into 2017. The project title is: Identity-potent stressors: The interplay of professional (social) identity and specific work-related stressors; and the implications for wellbeing of doctors and medical trainees. This is … Read more

“Prevalence to Process” paper in Medical Education

There is a well-established literature showing the higher prevalence of stress and threats to wellbeing in medical students. There is a well-established literature showing the higher prevalence of stress and threats to wellbeing in medical students.  In this paper we argue for the importance of researching specific psychological processes that might exacerbate or moderate these … Read more

Medical student wellbeing study

Update: We were pleased to have the participation from nearly 400 medical students, primarily in Australia and New Zealand, but also Europe and Asia.  We are currently analysing the data but so far we find support for several key features of our self, identity and wellbeing model featured in our recent Medical Education article. We … Read more