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Medical Students and the Impostor Phenomenon: A Coexistence Precipitated and Perpetuated by the Educational Environment?
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- Rethinking the impostor phenomenon: An umbrella review of concept, context and interventions.Medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Global prevalence of impostor phenomenon in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- The value of stress management programs for medical students: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing changes in academic motivation across medical training stages: a longitudinal study in Malaysia.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Impostor phenomenon and perfectionism among medical students at a medical faculty in the Central Anatolia Region of Türkiye: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The Assessment of Prevalence and Predictors of Impostor Phenomenon Feelings Among Dental Students in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina-A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of imposter phenomenon among chiropractic students at a South African university: A cross-sectional survey.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2026Article
- Association Between Fear of Failure and Impostor Syndrome Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The association of competitiveness and sociodemographics with imposter phenomenon in a cohort of sport science college undergraduates.PloS one · 2026Article
- "Flying the Nest" - The Transition from the Pre-Clinical to Clinical Years in Medical Education: A Pilot Study Exploring Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancement.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- Exploring the experiences of imposter phenomenon among Chinese ICU nurses: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Success and Self-Doubt: Prevalence and Predictors of Imposter Phenomenon in a Cohort of Medical Students from Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of imposter phenomenon: an unmet need in the education of healthcare personnel- a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Imposter phenomenon; prevalence and associated factors among family medicine residents in Riyadh city, KSA.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Article
- Drawing It Out: A Descriptive Study on How Medical Students Use Graphic Medicine to Depict Their Transition to Third Year.Medical science educator · 2025Article
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- Impostor phenomenon and its association with perceived stress and anxiety among students in medical and social sciences at a Swedish university.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Associations between adverse childhood experiences and medical students' interest in careers: a single-setting study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
People who experience the impostor phenomenon have intense thoughts of fraudulence regarding their intellect or professional activities. This perception of illegitimacy leads sufferers to believe that success in their lives is attributable to some form of error. Despite the phenomenon having been thoroughly researched in a plethora of professional and educational environments, there remains a relative lack of insight into the impostor phenomenon amongst medical students. This research aimed to better understand the relationship between medical students and the impostor phenomenon, and subsequently to investigate whether their coexistence is precipitated and perpetuated by the educational environment. A cross-sectional study of medical students was conducted using a pragmatist approach, integrating quantitative and qualitative data, via a questionnaire, focus groups and interviews. The main quantitative measure used was the validated Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS), where higher scores indicate more marked impostor experiences. A total of 191 questionnaire responses were received, and 19 students attended a focus group or interview. The average CIPS score for the cohort was 65.81 ± 13.72, indicating that the average student had "frequent" impostor experiences. Of note, 65.4% of students were classed as having "clinically significant" impostor experiences and females scored 9.15 points higher than males on average ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-022-01675-x.
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