What medical students think about measurement of their well-being: cross-sectional survey and qualitative interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To find out how medical students think well-being should be measured.

Design

A mixed-methods study comprising a cross-sectional online survey (November 2020-March 2021) and semi-structured online interviews. Views on the frequency of availability for measurement, the format, type and purpose of measurement, and with whom well-being should be discussed were measured. When an outcome was scored 7-9 on a 9-point Likert scale of agreement by ≥75% of participants it was considered critical. Inductive thematic analysis was undertaken on the interview transcripts.

Setting

All medicine programmes at University of Southampton.

Participants

Medical students from all years took part in the survey (n=118) and interviews (n=16).

Results

Most participants (

SUBMITTER: Simons G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8983995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature