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 conducted this study as part of our larger project examining psychological factors underpinning wellbeing in medical students The wellbeing of medical students is a high priority issue for medical student associations and professional organisations. Previous research has focused on establishing the high prevalence of wellbeing problems in medical trainees and our study is exploring several underlying psychological processes. Through this study we hope to identity key mechanisms through which medical schools can help improve the wellbeing and resilience of students.
This is part of our “Prevalence to Process” project run by Ken Mavor (St Andrews) & Kathy McNeill (ANU Psychology) with Erin O’Reilly and Annelise Kerr (ANU Medical School).