A systematic scoping review moral distress amongst medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Characterised by feelings of helplessness in the face of clinical, organization and societal demands, medical students are especially prone to moral distress (MD). Despite risks of disillusionment and burnout, efforts to support them have been limited by a dearth of data and understanding of MD in medical students. Yet, new data on how healthcare professionals confront difficult care situations suggest that MD could be better understood through the lens of the Ring Theory of Personhood (RToP). A systematic scoping review (SSR) guided by the RToP is proposed to evaluate the present understanding of MD amongst medical students.

Methods

The Systematic Evidence-Based Approach (SEBA) is adopted to map prevailing accounts of MD in medical students. To enhance the transp

SUBMITTER: Ong RSR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203147 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature