Health-care students: committed to improving health but frustrated

摘要

Health-care students are a useful looking glass into their future professions. They are not yet fully indoctrinated into the profession—a term that is rather menacingly coined professional identify formation—but they observe and learn from patients and what their trainers and colleagues experience. So it is worth reflecting on the results of the Clinician of the Future 2023: Education Edition report, published by Elsevier Health. The report presents the results of a survey of 2212 students from 91 countries. There are obvious flaws to the survey, including selection bias, generalisability, and the commercial nature of the endeavour, but some of the findings highlight crucial concerns that need to be addressed.