Nicholas Beyler, Martha Bleeker, Susanne James-Burdumy, Jane Fortson, Max Benjamin
The impact of Playworks on students' physical activity during recess: findings from a randomized controlled trial
Preventive medicine
training decisions viewed problem majority medical studentsin present study compared sociodemographic psychological characteristics students interested surgical training preferred nonsurgical specialty furthermore examined whether students wish trained surgeons performed better nonsurgical counterparts course designed acquire skills minimally invasive surgery october 2020 january 2021 performed crosssectional survey among 116 medical students prior year practical training christianalbrechts university kiel based intended field specialization students divided nonsurgical surgical group sociodemographic psychological characteristics selfefficacy expectations resilience stress perception evaluated compared groups simultaneously compared surgical performance two laparoscopic exercises selfassessment surgeons statistical differences training groups determined mannwhitney u test pearsons chi square test ninetytwo students participated study 641 intended train nonsurgical specialty 359 surgical specialty students wished trained surgeons higher general selfefficacy expectations p0001 greater resilience p0009 however comparison lower stress level p0047 intergroup comparison training results selfassessment surgeons revealed unequivocal differences surgical performance interest surgical specialties correlated among factors strength psychological skills general selfefficacy expectations resilience stress perception early attention psychological resources academic training might assist medical students future career choices