How do medical students' expectations shape their experiences of well-being programmes?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical schools have a duty of care to support their students' health and well-being. Student support studies have tended to focus on outcomes in respect of effectiveness and satisfaction. In contrast, little is known about how student expectations of support may shape their experiences and engagement with support mechanisms, as well as the relationships students have with those offering support (including the institution itself). To address this gap in knowledge, we explore how medical students' expectations of student support systems shape, and are shaped by, institutional rules and processes.

Methods

We employed a qualitative case study approach using an institutional ethnography informed methodology. Our context was a medical school that provides a well-adve

SUBMITTER: Tan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789832 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature