Professional self-identity in medical students and workplace range: a survey of Guangzhou Medical School

• Autor(a) principal: Siying , Zhang
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/24867
• topic: Medical students; Professional identity; Influencing factors; Estudantes de medicina; Identidade profissional; Fatores de influência

Background: Research finds that medical students in different schools have different professional identity. Therefore, it is necessary to explore professional identity of medical students. Objective: To explore the influencing factors of medical students’ professional identity and the relationship between professional cognition, emotion, commitment, expectation, behavior and values and professional identity. Methods: Literature Review, Questionnaire Survey, Structural Equation Model, Statistical Analysis Results: (1) The overall score of medical students' professional identity is 3.86 points (Full score of 5). (2) The factors that have a significant impact on professional identity of medical students include academic qualifications, school, first choice for college entrance examination, and reasons for studying medicine. (3) Six factors explaining medical students' professional identity are professional behavior, emotion, value, cognition, expectation, and commitment from high to low. Conclusion: The main factors that constitute the professional identity of medical students are professional cognition, professional emotion, professional behavior, professional commitment, professional expectation, and professional value. And the biggest influencing factor is professional behavior. To enhance professional identity of medical students, we propose countermeasures from the three perspectives of the Chinese government, medical schools and hospitals. The Chinese government should increase investment in working conditions of doctors and improve relevant laws and regulations. Medical schools need to pay attention to guidance and reform the medical curricula. Hospitals need to establish better medical environments and attach importance to the psychological state of medical students.