Improving uncertainty tolerance in medical students: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Uncertainty is an inevitable part of medical practice. An ability to tolerate uncertainty is viewed as a key competency across many health-care systems. Poor uncertainty tolerance (UT) has been linked to negative outcomes including reduced psychological well-being in medical students. A variety of medical education interventions have been developed with the intention of increasing medical students' UT. However, there is no synthesis of these studies available to inform education and research practice. Our aim was to conduct a scoping review of medical education interventions that evaluate their impact on UT.

Methods

Medline, PsycInfo, Embase and ERIC databases were searched for articles published from inception to December 2020. An extensive supplementary search

SUBMITTER: Patel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796811 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature