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Grit and Thoracic Surgery Interest Among Medical Students.
Huo, Bright; Dow, Todd; Wallace, Alison M; French, Daniel G.
Afiliação
  • Huo B; Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Electronic address: brighthuo@dal.ca.
  • Dow T; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Wallace AM; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • French DG; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
J Surg Educ ; 81(8): 1044-1049, 2024 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38806309
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

This study evaluated the relationship between medical student Grit and thoracic surgery career interest.

DESIGN:

An online questionnaire was designed to measure self-reported ratings of Grit among medical student using the Short-Grit scale, as well as thoracic surgery career interest.

SETTING:

Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

PARTICIPANTS:

From 2019 to 2021, 192/367 (52.3%) participants in their first or second year of medical school. The cohort was comprised of 109 (56.8%) females while 115 (59.9%) were <24 years of age.

RESULTS:

Mean Grit was high (M = 4.159 +/- 0.450) among medical students. There were 80 (41.2%) students interested in thoracic surgery. There was a significant difference in Grit between students with a career interest in thoracic surgery (4.256 +/- 0.442) and those uninterested in thoracic surgery (4.089 +/- 0.444); t(190) = 2.572, p = 0.011; Cohen's D = 0.442. Career interest in thoracic surgery was not influenced by career factor interest.

CONCLUSIONS:

Grittier students have a career interest in thoracic surgery. Recruitment teams in thoracic surgery residency programs with high rates of burnout and poor psychological wellbeing among trainees may take interest in these findings.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estudantes de Medicina / Cirurgia Torácica / Escolha da Profissão Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estudantes de Medicina / Cirurgia Torácica / Escolha da Profissão Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article