| Stability of values during medical school. | |
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PMID: 20795811 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Medical students' values represent an understudied area of research in medical education research. No known studies have investigated how medical students' values change over time from matriculation to graduation. AIM: Values are thought to remain relatively stable over the life course. However, little research supports this claim. Therefore, we examined the extent to which values change or remain the same during medical school. METHOD: Forty-six first-year medical students completed the Physician Values in Practice Scale (PVIPS) during their first and fourth years of medical school. The PVIPS contains 38 statements of values about medical practice and comprises six scales: Prestige, Service, Autonomy, Lifestyle, Management, and Scholarly Pursuits. RESULTS: Matched pair t-tests (p < 0.05) indicated significant differences between students' PVIPS scores pretest (first year of medical school) and posttest (fourth year of medical school) for 2 of the 6 values (Autonomy: t(45) = -4.12, p < 0.001 and Lifestyle: t(45) = -2.62, p = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS: Medical students values appear to change slightly during their 4 years of medical education. In line with literature suggesting that the medical education process is associated with change in certain student qualities and attributes (e.g., empathy), physician values may be another variable so affected. |
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Authors:
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Nicole J Borges; Paul J Hartung |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Medical teacher Volume: 32 ISSN: 1466-187X ISO Abbreviation: Med Teach Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-27 Completed Date: 2011-01-06 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909593 Medline TA: Med Teach Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 779-81 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Community Health, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45401-0927, USA. nicole.borges@wright.edu |
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Career Choice* Empathy* Humans Life Style* Longitudinal Studies Schools, Medical Social Values* Students, Medical / psychology* |
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