Factors associated with students' perceptions of role modelling
Bahareh Bahman Bijari1, Morteza Zare2, Ali Akbar Haghdoost3
1Department of Paediatrics, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
International Journal of Medical Education
|October 16, 2016
Summary
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Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Health Professions Education
- Professionalism in Medicine
Background:
- Role modeling is crucial in health professions education.
- Identifying attributes of effective role models is essential for student development.
- Student perceptions shape the impact of role models.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify professional and humanistic attributes of health discipline teachers perceived as positive or negative role models by students.
- To analyze factors influencing student perceptions of teacher role models.
Main Methods:
- Quantitative empirical data collected via self-administered questionnaires.
- Graduating students from medical, dentistry, and pharmacy schools participated.
- Data gathered from 3 graduating cohorts (approx. 220 students) in 2013.
Main Results:
- 183 students participated, evaluating 504 positive role models (PRMs) and 473 negative role models (NRMs).
- Clinicians were perceived more positively than basic scientists; dentists received higher positive scores than physicians or pharmacists.
- Women were perceived more negatively than men; student personality correlated significantly with role model perceptions.
Conclusions:
- Humanistic and professional attributes are key components of perceived role models.
- Demonstration of humanistic attributes strongly correlates with positive student perceptions.
- Highlighting these attributes in medical education can improve academic staff role modeling.
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