Being a physician: what messages have medical students received during the first month of medical school experience?

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to investigate the meanings that first-year medical students make about becoming a physician from the messages they receive from the faculty environment, faculty members and senior students after their one-month experience at the faculty of medicine.

Methods

In this phenomenological qualitative research, in-depth semi-structured interview was used to collect data from 21 first-year medical students, and data were analyzed through inductive content analysis method.

Results

As a result of the analysis, one theme and four categories emerged about gaining professional competencies, having emotions specific to the profession, having sources of motivation, and challenges of becoming a physician in the future. The results reveal that first-year med

SUBMITTER: Korkmaz G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11476734 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature