Exploring the perceptions of senior medical students on gender and pain: a qualitative study of the interplay between formal and hidden curricula.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Explore the perceptions of senior medical students on the relationship between gender and pain and examine how formal and hidden curricula in medical education shape their experiences.

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional qualitative interview study, using individual semistructured interviews and adhering to interpretative description methodology. We used Braun and Clarke's reflexive approach to thematic analysis to analyse our data.

Setting

Six medical schools across the UK. Data collection occurred between the autumn of 2022 and the spring of 2023.

Participants

14 senior (penultimate or final year) medical students.

Results

We created three themes, which describe key educational forces shaping students' experiences of the relationship betwee

SUBMITTER: Brown MEL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404253 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature