Medical Student Social Identity and Wellbeing study

In 2013 and 2014 we conducted a study to examine some dimensions of medical student identity, social connections among medical students and wellbeing. We were pleased to have the participation from nearly 400 medical students, primarily in Australia and New Zealand, but also Europe and Asia. We were glad of the cooperation from both AMSA … Read more

Pilot grant awarded by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience 2016

We are grateful to the School of Psychology and Neuroscience for supporting a pilot study to advance the project with a small grant of £3000. The grant is titled” The importance of self and identity for understanding the impact of stress and trauma”. The main focus of the grant was to develop the ideas further in … Read more

Prevalence to Process: Invited talk in Dundee

  The Seminar series run by the College of Medicine Dentistry and Nursing in Dundee was a wonderful opportunity to explore the implications of the self and identity process model of medical student well-being. Ken presented some of the research we have been doing on self and identity in medical student wellbeing. We argued that a more … Read more