ArticleBMC medical education2014
The sense of coherence and styles of success in the medical career: a longitudinal study.
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- Occupational Burnout Syndrome in Polish Physicians: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Different resources for different times: sense of coherence and emotional intelligence as correlates of adaptation in six cohorts of medical students.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Fatigue and the psychological characteristics of medical students.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2023Article
- The educational value of sense of coherence for grief care.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Coping Styles Among High School Graduates Aiming to Study Medicine in Dealing With Depressive and Anxious Symptoms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- The Relationship between the Sense of Coherence of Dental Hygiene Students in Their Graduation Year and Their View of the Profession and Attitude to Work: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- A Multidimensional Questionnaire to Measure Career Satisfaction of Physicians: Validation of the Polish Version of the 4CornerSAT.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The coping strategies during medical education predict style of success in medical career: a 10-year longitudinal study.BMC medical education · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundSense of coherence is related to well-being, stress and life satisfaction among medical students and physicians. The purpose of the study was to investigate relation between sense of coherence during medical education and styles of success in the medical career.
methodsThe participants were first examined when they applied to medical school in 1999. Questionnaires were given to these students each academic year from 2000 to 2005. Also, 54 medical doctors who had participated in the first phase of the study completed a questionnaire in 2009, four years after graduation. The baseline questionnaire measured the sense of coherence. The follow-up questionnaire included measures of quality of life, work stress and burnout, satisfaction with medicine as a career, and professional competency.
resultsMedical students with the highest sense of coherence later have the highest quality of life and income, and are the least overwhelmed by work stress, but they also show the least satisfaction with medicine as a career and a low level of professional competence.
conclusionsAntonovsky's SOC-29 questionnaire can be used to identify specific tendencies in the development of the medical career. Our results may be useful to medical school admissions officers and resident selection committees, in order to identify candidates at risk for failure.
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