The role of desire and expectations from medicine in students' well-being.

摘要

Medical school, often blamed as a period of significant psychological distress for all medical students, may actually be a stressor just for the reluctant students. Despite the reported considerable high prevalence of psychological distress in medical students, not much is known about the effect of the decision process to attend medical school on this psychological processT Different factors can be significant in the decision to attend medical school such as parental influence, anticipated income or prestige (Benbassat & Baumal 2007). What is the role of desire and expectations from medicine in students' well-being? What can be done for the reluctant students in medical faculties? We believe that educators and medical faculties must know their student unwillingness from the beginning of first year in order not to be blamed as a stressor