Insights into the meaning of medical students' studies. An online survey at two medical faculties.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to investigate how medical students' deal with their own questions of meaning during their studies, how they cope with patients' questions of meaning or crises of meaning, to what extent their experience of meaning changes during their studies, and what role medical studies play in this.

Methods

In 2022, we conducted an exploratory cross-sectional study in the form of an online survey at two German universities with students in the clinical part of their studies. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively, and group differences were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U tests. Free-text comments were analyzed using thematic analysis.

Results

Of the 111 participants (response rate 12%), 92% had addressed questions of meaning. 64% of the st

SUBMITTER: Albrecht F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474645 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature