Tolerance for Ambiguity Among Medical Students: Patterns of Change During Medical School and Their Implications for Professional Development

Critical Thinking of Medical Students: Does it Change During the study in medical school?

Background & Objective: Critical thinking (CT) is essential in medical education and improves physicians' clinical ability and competency. The present study aimed to determine the CT level and the trend of its changes in medical education at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, in 2021. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the CT levels of 1...

Do students' attitudes toward women change during medical school?

BACKGROUND Medical school has historically reinforced traditional views of women. This cohort study follows implementation of a revitalized curriculum and examines students' attitudes toward women on entry into an Ontario medical school, and 3 years later. METHODS Of the 75 students entering first year at Queen's University medical school 70 completed the initial survey in September 1994 and ...

Shiraz medical students’ perceptions of their colleagues’ professional behavior

Introduction: Today, development of professionalism is acritical aim of medical schools. Studies have demonstrated thatmedical students’ perceived level of professionalism is inadequateworldwide. This study aimed to investigate the medical students’perceptions of their colleagues’ professional behavior.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study with 280 medicalstudents at Shiraz University ...

Implications of moral psychology for medical education

Do professional attitudes change during medical education?

OBJECTIVE The aim was to measure students' professional attitudes, in particular the level of humaneness. The quality of humaneness was defined in terms of both patient-centredness and psychosocial orientation towards disease. METHOD Medical students completed a questionnaire designed to survey professional attitudes. Measuring instruments consisted of the Doctor-Patient Scale and the Social ...